Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move the Australian Greens amendment on sheet 8958:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 7), omit "Schedules 4 and 5", substitute "Schedule 5".

The Greens also oppose schedule 4 in the following terms:

(2) Schedule 4, page 136 (line 1) to page 196 (line 7), to be opposed.

These are amendments which reflect the position that I put, on behalf of the Australian Greens, during my speech in the second reading debate. Schedule 4 sets out various charge, collection and other administration arrangements associated with the Regional Broadband Scheme, found in the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019, which the Australian Greens do not support. As I said in my second reading speech, the most appropriate, equitable and technology-agnostic means for funding the Regional Broadband Scheme is directly from the Commonwealth budget, and that remains the Greens' position. Temporary Chair, I seek your advice: I think I need to move these separately rather than together?