Senator Bob Brown (Tasmania) asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 17 November 2009:
For 2009 in Tasmania, how much Australian Broadcasting Corporation television and radio news time and other coverage was given to the annual state conferences of the:
(a)Australian Labor Party;
(b)the Liberal Party of Australia; and
(c)the Australian Greens.
Senator Conroy (Victoria) (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) -The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:
(a)Two television stories, 10 radio stories;
(b)Two television stories, 15 radio stories; and
(c)One television story, 4 radio stories
The Australian Greens' conference was held over one day, while the Labor and Liberal Parties' conferences were held over two days.
