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

Thank you, Mr President. My understanding of Senator Lundy’s question is: she asked the name of counsel who have been retained on my behalf as respondent to Telstra’s application for preliminary discovery. It is not actually an action that has materialised, but it is an application for preliminary discovery. I can tell her that Alan Sullivan QC is senior counsel; I cannot confirm junior counsel. With respect to any other counsel that may be retained, I am not in a position to inform the Senate. What I would say—