Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a further supplementary question. I refer the minister to his previous statements that these media reforms were a 'take it or leave it' proposition, with no negotiation to be entered into. With the Prime Minister backing down on this absurdity this morning, will the minister now back down on demands that all of these bills be passed by Friday, so that the public, industry and parliament can properly assess issues such as the impact of the Public Interest Media Advocate on a free media?