Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The Senate would be aware that, earlier this week, we actually did pass modernised authorisation requirements for the purposes of an election period which cover things like so-called robo-calls, text messages and the like. This bill is 100 per cent consistent when it comes to the breadth of the authorisation requirements of these sorts of platforms. It's entirely consistent with what the Senate endorsed earlier this week.