Deal or levy: Parliament passes big tech news laws

Parliament has passed the government’s revamped media bargaining laws, clearing the way for levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets over the use of their journalism. The News Journalism Payments Bill and four other pieces of legislation underpinning an updated News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) passed the Senate unopposed on Thursday. Introduced to the House last week and passed without amendment, the laws have been …

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