Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

The point that I made in relation to the advertising flexibility legislation which was previously before the Senate, was that those opposite opposed it and that the managing director of SBS, Michael Ebeid, indicated that greater advertising flexibility is something that would have been of benefit to the organisation. The Senate chose not to support that legislation and so that legislation is no longer on the table. I was making an historical observation, for the benefit of colleagues. But I do note that Senator Chisholm did not, in his commentary there, indicate that it was the policy of the Australian Labor Party to increase the funding of SBS. I note in passing that the government did in the last budget increase the funding of SBS.

Question agreed to.