Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I have one or two very quick questions. I think by now the scope of the bill is more or less broadly understood. Senator Fierravanti-Wells, I recognise that you are here representing a minister and that this might have been handballed to you at the last minute, although I recognise some of the Attorney's advisers in the chamber. I am interested to know who the minister consulted with in the drafting of this bill. When this came up during estimates committee hearings going back all the way to the beginning of last year, it was very evident that the minister had an open door for Village Roadshow, AFACT, which has since changed its name, and big foreign rights holders but had not bothered to meet with Choice, the Australian Digital Alliance, ACCAN or anybody else who might actually represent the rest of us, either from an artist's point of view or from a user's point of view. Are you able to either correct the record or update us as to whether Senator Brandis condescended to meet anybody other than the rights holders?