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

The commitment we took to both the 2007 and 2010 elections was that Socceroo World Cup qualifiers would go back on the list after the current contract expires. I have said this on a number of occasions. It will come as no surprise that I anticipate that that will be part of the outcome, given that it was an election commitment in both 2007 and 2010. The negotiations I have been involved in with the Football Federation and the pay TV networks revolved around that very point. I believe we will deliver our election commitment.