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Google and Facebook news payments to include ABC and SBS after change to draft code – The Guardian
Exclusive: Josh Frydenberg adds public broadcasters to code after they were initially excluded by Australia’s competition regulator
Australias mandatory news code no longer excludes the ABC and SBS from receiving payments from Google and Facebook for using their content.
The addition of the public broadcasters is one of the significant changes treasurer Josh Frydenberg has made to the draft mandatory news code before it is tabled in parliament by 10 December.
Labor, the Greens and several crossbenchers suggested the ABC and SBS should be added to the ranks of Australian news publishers to benefit from the code, in the interests…
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