Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It would obviously be premature for me or anyone from the government to comment on what we will do in response to that inquiry and its recommendations, but I acknowledge the issues that you've raised about the jurisdiction of ACMA. If that is something that the committee finds is something that needs some changes made, then, of course, we would do that.

Senator Pocock, I'm not sure what engagement you've had with the inquiry up to this point, but you, like every member of the public, are entitled to make a submission to that inquiry. I would certainly encourage you to do so, if you haven't already. We do think this is a really important issue. We want to hear from a broad range of the Australian public about how we can best address it. As I say, should the inquiry recommend that we make the type of changes that you're talking about in relation to ACMA, then I'm sure that we would listen very closely to that.