Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Bills

Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill 2015; Second Reading

10:22 am

Photo of Matthew CanavanMatthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, let us put it into context. The article does go into a bit more detail. Senator Conroy tried to explain this seemingly massive blow-out. Originally the costs were $350 per set-top box in the budget in 2011. They blew out to $700, a doubling of the budget for this program, which was not unusual in the former Labor government.

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