Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Continuing on this question, I'm trying to get some clarity around schedule 1(3)(b) and the new addition of the government's amendments in relation to the significant contribution. It's important that we talk specifics here. I have a lot of questions because, while I understand the argument the government are making—you're trying to keep it as broad as possible—sometimes you can make it so broad that people miss out, so I'm just trying to make sure people are not going to miss out. I want to know if a television channel that doesn't have links to a newspaper or a radio station—it's purely a standalone television channel in this country—was not included, if it wasn't able to strike a deal with Facebook or Google, would the government still consider Facebook or Google to have given a significant contribution to Australia's media landscape? Just to be clear, Minister, what I'm asking is: we don't have many channels, so, if one of the three commercial channels was not able to strike a deal, would the government consider Facebook and Google to have made or not made a significant contribution?