Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Labor will be opposing these amendments. We supported this bill in the House of Representatives because we thought that there were no unforeseen circumstances that would prevail in the bill that were a problem. We have only just received these. Senator Ludlam, I accept the issues that you have raised are important in terms of your position, but we have only just received them, so we have not had a chance to have a really close look at it. But, given the position we have adopted in the House of Representatives, we will continue to oppose these amendments. We believe ACMA can do its job with the bill as it stands. Maybe, Senator Ludlam, in future, we can get discussions on these issues a bit earlier.