Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

I am not sure whether I will put myself closer to Senator Xenophon or Senator Ludlam in the debate around geekiness or otherwise. I do not think I can compete with Senator Ludlam. Senator Xenophon, I am sorry but you are all alone on this amendment. While consistency is not always a standard adhered to in this place, the opposition has been very critical from day one about the government’s approach of using spectrum triggers in this legislation and mixing up issues around spectrum allocation with the division and structural separation of a fixed line service. Is the minister showing off his Financial Review article? We all have it; fear not. We think that it was wrong—