Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What we are doing ultimately is always about consumers. If I take the Mobile Black Spot Program's rounds 1, 2 and 3, that is $220 million. That is about making sure that Australians in regional areas get the connectivity that they need. It is important to stay in touch with family and friends. It is important for businesses to stay in touch with their customers. But it is also incredibly important to stay in touch in times of emergency and disaster, particularly when you have bushfires. So we want to do what we can to expand that coverage for Australians in regional areas.

It is also important to acknowledge the work that we are seeking to do with Australia's media organisations through our media reforms. We want to help those organisations be strong and competitive, because having strong and vibrant Australian media organisations is one of the great underpinnings of diversity in the media.