Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Brandis, you are forever helping my vocabulary! But, to stay on the point here, I can indicate that Labor accepts that the government has accepted the recommendation of the joint committee in its report, where it called on government to make a substantial contribution to the costs of telcos in meeting their obligations under the scheme. That being said, I think the points that I made in my second reading contribution about how this case could have better been managed applies here. If I recall correctly, there is an outstanding motion in the Senate in relation to the report regarding costs in this matter.