Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

It's not the practice that ministers will go to the internal deliberations of government and its internal decision-making processes. But, clearly, when you are in discussions over legislation such as the media reform package, colleagues from across a range of parties come forward with different propositions, and different colleagues will suggest what they think to be appropriate quantums for particular projects that they think might be important and that might be of assistance in helping them to crystallise their thinking about a piece of legislation. I know, Senator Hanson-Young, that you're not unfamiliar with those processes and propositions which might from time to time come from your party to the government in relation to different pieces of legislation.