Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today released more than 2,400 public submissions that were received in response to the discussion paper on the future of the ABC and SBS. The Rudd Government announced the public consultation with the release of a discussion paper, ABC and SBS: Towards a digital future , in October 2008.

Data collected in 2005-06 and released today has found that each night, three quarters of families with children who request crisis accommodation are turned away.