James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) calls on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to respond in a timely manner to the questions placed on notice at Senate Estimates during the appearance of the ABC's Managing Director, David Anderson, regarding the relationship between the ABC and The New Daily;

(b) notes that the release of information on these arrangements is important to ensure that there is no perception that the taxpayer funded ABC's editorial independence, balance and fairness has been compromised by any commercial arrangements which the ABC has agreed with The New Daily;and

(c) further notes that The New Daily has been funded out of compulsory retirement savings arising from superannuation guarantee contributions, and that superannuation trustees need to ensure that member funds are invested in ventures that maximise the retirement savings of fund members in accordance with the sole purpose test.

Question agreed to.