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

In the context of the preparation of the budget, government receives a range of sources of advice as inputs to the decision, but can I just point out, by way of contrast, that, while it is true that the budget determined that there would be $7½ million per annum over four years to Fox Sports, the public broadcasters receive in excess of a billion dollars a year, and that is an important contribution which the public broadcasters, for example, can use to purchase any sporting events that they think are appropriate for their particular mandate and charter. These are the facts.