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

I think all of us recognise the importance of local content in local media. It is important for those communities. So as part of the government's proposed package, we will be strengthening local television content requirements to ensure local content continues to be provided in regional Australia. We are proposing that, following a change in control that results in an entity controlling licences that reach more than 75 per cent of the population, higher local content requirements would be in place. This would increase the minimum local content points required from the current 720 over a six-week period to 900 points over a six-week period. Also, importantly, in regional markets where there are currently no local content requirements, we would introduce, for the first time, local content requirements of 360 points over a six-week period. That is good news for the regions. (Time expired)