Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Last year, the Prime Minister cut the budget of SBS by $53.7 million. So this piece of legislation is designed to cover up and paper over another broken promise—said down the barrel of the camera. If only you had gagged him that night—down the barrel of a camera. That is why the opposition will not support this bill. SBS viewers should not have to watch more ads because those opposite have broken their promise—a solemn undertaking. I remember the cant and the hypocrisy from the current Prime Minister. He said politics is about trust—we have to be able to trust.