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

I am aware of threats to this support. When legislation to establish the new fund was before the Senate, Labor and Greens colleagues sought to legislate eligibility criteria that would have made local outposts of large foreign media organisations eligible for this fund. That would have meant that small Australian regional publishers in places like Tasmania would have missed out.

The other threat to Australian media organisations is Mr Shorten and his captain's call to increase taxes on thousands of businesses. So the message is clear: if you value your local publishers and support jobs in the media industry, vote for your local coalition candidate if the opportunity presents itself in the near future. Colleagues opposite stand for higher taxes and less support for local Australian media. (Time expired)