Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to that is no. The media package always had alternatives as to two time frames when media changes might be introduced on cross and foreign. I have consistently said in about every speech that I have made on this matter that the centrepiece of the package is digital, but cross and foreign are important parts of the media package. They certainly will not be dumped, and every media proprietor is very interested in working through these issues, as indeed every consumer should be interested that that is the government’s interest in ensuring that there are new services for consumers and a proper media framework for the future.