We're seeking your feedback to help guide how government distributes any revenue collected by the News Bargaining Incentive to support public interest journalism in Australia.
Why we want your input
Your views will help us develop a Statutory Payment Scheme to distribute any revenue collected by the News Bargaining Incentive, and ensure that it is fit for purpose and does not create any unintended consequences.All interested stakeholders are encouraged to make a submission.
How you can voice your opinion
Please upload your submission using the 'Have your say' button.Please refer to the questions in the consultation paper to guide your response.
What will be the outcome of this consultation?
Your submission will help inform the design of a Statutory Payment Scheme to distribute any revenue collected by the News Bargaining Incentive.The issue
On 12 December 2024, the Australian Government committed to a News Bargaining Incentive (the Incentive) to encourage digital platforms to renew or enter into commercial deals with news publishers. This ensures that large digital platforms continue to contribute to the sustainability of Australian news and journalism.
Under the Incentive, digital platforms would incur a liability that can be reduced by entering into commercial deals with news publishers. Alternatively, digital platforms may choose to pay the Incentive instead of entering into commercial deals. Any revenue raised in this way will be distributed back to the sector to support news and journalism in Australia.
We are developing a Statutory Payment Scheme to distribute any revenue from the Incentive and need your input to ensure it is fit for purpose and does not create any unintended consequences.
In parallel the Treasury is conducting a public consultation on the News Bargaining Incentive exposure draft legislation. Further information is available on the Treasury's website.
Relevant documentation
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We invite you to tell us your views on this topic.
Please include:
- contact name
- organisation name, if applicable
- contact details, including telephone number, postal and email addresses
- confirmation whether or not your submission can be made public—published—or kept confidential.
All submissions to be made public need to meet the Digital Service Standard for accessibility. Any submission that does not meet this standard may be modified before being made public.
If your submission is to be made public, please ensure you do not include any personal information that you don't want to be published.
If your submission is confidential, please ensure each page of the submission is marked as confidential.
Please click on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission.
Please provide submissions through the Have Your Say button.
Should you have any questions, please email News.Journalism@Communications.gov.au.
Privacy Collection Notice
News Bargaining Incentive Revenue Distribution—Statutory Payment Scheme
The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts ("the department") is collecting your submission, including any personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988.
Use
The department may use your submission to inform the design of the News Bargaining Incentive Statutory Payment Scheme.
Disclosure
The department may disclose your submission to the Department of Treasury to inform public consultation on the News Bargaining Incentive exposure draft legislation. The department may publish your submission as explained below. Otherwise, your submission will not be disclosed unless authorised or required by law.
Contacting you
The department may use your contact information to make further contact with you about your submission and the consultation process.
Publication
Unless marked confidential (see below) submissions (including your name) may be published in part or full on the department's website or in any public response by the department. When publishing, the department will redact any personal contact details that you provide.
Confidentiality
Confidential submissions will not be published and will only be disclosed in the following circumstances:
- in response to a request by a Commonwealth Minister;
- where required by a House or a Committee of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia;
- where necessary in the public interest; or
- where authorised or required by law.
Submissions will only be treated as confidential if they are expressly stated to be confidential. Automatically generated confidentiality statements or disclaimers appended to an email do not suffice for this purpose. If you wish you make a confidential submission, you must indicate this by ensuring your submission is clearly marked confidential. Even if a submission is not marked confidential, the department may choose not to publish it, or any part of it, in the department's discretion (for example where it includes personal information or opinions about a third party).
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