Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I do not, and I do not think my colleagues on this side of the chamber, actually believe in media bogeymen. There is a fear I have that there may still be some in this place who might. We are essentially ownership agnostic on this side of the chamber. I know there are some on the other side who have what you might call an emotional response to the proposed changes in media law. Let me quote Jason Clare, my counterpart from the other place, who says, 'If you make decisions based on one media company or another then you're not doing your job properly.' I think 'hear, hear' to Mr Clare. He sees things very clearly and very crisply. It is important that when looking at these sorts of issues we do not jump at media bogeymen, we do not decide emotionally and we look at the facts and try and determine good policy.