Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Henderson, you can't be serious about asking that question. You cannot be serious about asking that question, because for 10 years—for 10 years—including time when were in the lower House, you did nothing about this issue. We find that the issues that occurred last week with Optus have occurred in a set of circumstances where there is no legislative protection based on all of the years—all of the years—you had to deal with it.

We do intend to protect Australians' privacy. We do intend to protect it. I might point out to you, Senator Henderson, that we've only been in government for a few months. You had 10 years. You had 10 long years to—(Time expired)