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

Let me repeat again: more Australians are watching live sport today than ever before, as with the Socceroos. We have just seen a record AFL sports rights deal, we have just seen a record NRL sports rights deal, and just in the last few weeks we have seen an absolute record cricket deal, not to mention a record tennis deal. Here is a policy in full failure: a record sporting rights deal; more Australians watching live sport. There were 1.7 million Australians watching the Socceroos last night on SBS because of this government's policy. Your government took the Socceroos off the antisiphoning list and put them on pay TV. Last night, 1.7 million Australians watched it because of this government and the policies that we have been putting forward.