Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Can I again indicate that I know Senator Troeth has a long and abiding interest in the future of digital television. It is a pity that most of those opposite, when they had their chance in government, did not have the same abiding interest. We are committed to delivering a future. We will be engaging the community TV sector in further discussions over the next few months to ensure that they do have a pathway, to ensure that they do have the capacity to deliver on the government’s ambition to drive digital uptake. Senator Troeth is absolutely correct: this pathway and this transition will assist with the take-up—because, as those hundreds of thousands of Australians who currently support and watch community TV will attest, they will go out and join the push for digital set-top boxes and the like if there is a future for digital television. (Time expired)