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Wednesday, 1 July 1998
Page: 4549


Senator SCHACHT (11:49 AM) —When the decision flows through to the minister of the day to tick it off—I agree with you that there does not seem to be much controversy in Australia at all because of choosing the European standard—does that mean we have to go to some international body to have that standard recognised as the standard we are using for some international broadcasting or industry arrangement? I know that that has happened in other areas. For example, I remember some time ago the spectrum use for satellite broadcasting had to go to an international arrangement where each country, under certain arrangements, had eligibility for a number of satellite slots, et cetera. Those would be agreed to at the international level and were a useful national asset to have, so to speak, on behalf of the community. Once you formally decide the standard, do we have to register that and go and seek agreement with some international body?