James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

So we have a government who have said this is of the utmost importance and they want to punish those telcos who fail to provide the service that Australians expect, but what we've heard today is that there are no penalties; that's going to be consulted on. What we've heard today is we don't have a definition of real-time reporting, and that's going to be consulted on. We've got a government who are good at consulting! They've said this is of the utmost importance and must be passed today, but there are some key issues here. In terms of the penalties and in terms of the definition of real-time reporting, the government is unable to give Australians an answer. So are you able to advise the chamber about how ACMA will monitor and investigate compliance with these new rules?