Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

A question like that, phrased as an 'outrageous attack' on the freedom of the press has a fairly broad base to work with. Therefore Mr Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is engaged in an outrageous attack on the freedom of the press in the United Kingdom, and we have a public interest test in the United States, so those senators in that Senate over there are in an outrageous attack on the public interest! There is an outrageous attack on freedom of speech in the United Kingdom and, as for those Irish, they are a disgrace! Really, those opposite just need to lift their heads from up underneath the table and look at what the rest of the world is doing. A public interest test is common and, as we are seeing increasingly as the power of the press around the globe is increasing, governments in those countries are looking to ensure a fair balance for ordinary citizens— (Time expired)