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

Thanks, Senator Lambie. As I said, the Albanese government expects telecommunications providers to comply with the law. Whatever action can be taken under the Telecommunications Act will be taken to ensure that that is the case. I must admit, I haven't seen anything in terms of what has been reported regarding telecommunications providers overcharging for that data. If there is any evidence that that is the case, then I would invite you to present that to us so that action can be taken. As you have noted, Senator Lambie, under the act, providers are entitled to recover their costs of providing that data, but they are not entitled to profit from that data. If it is the case that they are profiting from it, we would be very interested in knowing about that, whether it is information that you have—media outlets or others as well—so that the appropriate action can be taken.