Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) a 2016 sub-licensing deal between Optus and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) allowed Optus to screen all 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 39 of them exclusively,

  (ii) Optus charged customers $15 to access its streaming service of the World Cup, and

  (iii) technical errors left customers unable to watch matches during the tournament's opening weekend;

(b) notes further that the SBS has since arranged to show all remaining group stage matches, for free, to all Australians;

(c) considers this experience has demonstrated, once again:

  (i) the importance of our public broadcasters, and

  (ii) that the SBS is an invaluable national public institution; and

(d) congratulates SBS for delivering outstanding value for money to taxpayers. (general business notice of motion no.884)