Big Tech must do its part to preserve quality journalism |
Big Tech must do its part to preserve quality journalism
April 28, 2026 — 5:32pm
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The plethora of voices barking for attention in the media’s crowded skies have made quality journalism more important than ever and a continued duty the Herald is honoured to shoulder.
The Albanese government’s News Bargaining Incentive to force Big Tech to pay for using the work of our journalists is a reform made even more urgent by the recent rise of artificial intelligence.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released draft laws proposing a tax worth 2.25 per cent of tech firms’ revenue if they did not strike voluntary agreements with media companies to compensate them for news hosted on social media and search engines.
It could make Meta, TikTok and Google others pay up to $135 million for Australian journalism if........