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

I just indicate that the government won't be supporting this amendment. The abolition of the two-out-of-three rule is an integral part of what is a comprehensive package. It's something that will provide the opportunity for Australian media organisations to reconfigure themselves in ways to best support their viability, and, as I've indicated in my earlier contributions, there remain important diversity protections.

The CHAIR: I will just advise senators that there are two questions, so they'll be put separately. The first one is that the amendment, as moved by Senator O'Neill, be agreed to.