Greens, Labor reach deal on media reform Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne said the remaining bills on media reforms now have a more than 70 per cent chance of passing. THE Greens and Labor have reached a deal on media reform that could pave the way for the remaining bills to be passed. Greens Leader Christine Milne said following negotiations with Labor this morning her party had come to an agreement with the government over the proliferation of any press councils and safeguarding regional content. Senator Milne said she hoped the new agreement would encourage other crossbench MPs to look at the bills with "fresh eyes" and reconsider their support. She said there was "more than a 70 per cent chance" of them now passing, but particularly called on Independent MP Andrew Wilkie to step up in the debate. "He is the only one who hasn't engaged in cross party discussions," Senator Milne said. Labor needs to pass four more of the six media bills, after two were successfully made law last night. Earlier, the Coalition called on the government to recall Parliament for another week in order to allow proper scrutiny of the proposed media laws. Christopher Pyne said Parliament needs another week to consider the government's media reform bills. Media reform has been a searing issue in Parliament this week and has threatened Ms Gillard's leadership. Labor immediately rejected the call to return Parliament. Leader of the House Anthony Albanese said MPs should not return next week, even if there was still uncertainty over the media bills. "We have a sitting schedule and we will be sticking to it," a spokesman for Mr Albanese said. Last night, two of the government's six bills passed the Parliament, with Independent MP Tony Windsor saying this morning he also believed the remainder of the bills had a "70 per cent chance" of passing. News Limited understands Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has now taken back over the negotiations with key crossbenchers on media reform with Ms Gillard sitting out of the talks this morning. Labor MPs were told in caucus yesterday to be prepared to sit late on Thursday over media reforms and not book early flights home. Mr Pyne has also hit out at Mr Windsor and other independent MPs who he said were keeping Julia Gillard's government alive. "They are presiding over this shambles, they are keeping the Labor party in office," he said. Quite frankly this is no way to run a country and the independents are just as responsible for this as the government is. On leadership issues Mr Windsor said his agreement with Labor would not necessarily continue if Julia Gillard was replaced as leader. He said he would consider voting in favour of a no-confidence motion against the government if the PM was dumped "That could mean an earlier election rather than September 14," Mr Windsor said. But he said he believed Kevin Rudd had "buckley's" chance of making a successful return to the prime ministership.