Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will be on that in a moment. The transitional support package will ensure that broadcasters are no worse off as a result of those changes. It gives broadcasters certainty for the next five years that their fees to government will not increase, and gives them time to review their operations.

Regional Australia—I can see Senator McKenzie is jumping out of her seat wanting to know how these changes in this reform package will affect regional Australia. As I told you, the vast majority of broadcasters are better off. You should know, Senator McKenzie, that, as with other spectrum users, one of the things that has been factored into the pricing is location. Of course regional and rural providers will not suffer under this transition, you will be very pleased to know.

There are so many other things that I am going to talk about in my next 2½ minutes. One of the things I should tell you about—