Greens propose deal to help Morrison government pass tech giant laws
The Greens are willing to help the Morrison government pass contentious new laws to make global digital tech giants pay local news media companies for content, but its Senate support will be contingent on the inclusion of both public broadcasters in the mandatory industry code.
The Greens will press for the ABC and SBS to be included in the code and wants the government to consider the pleas from newswire service Australian Association Press for about $5.9 million in support. The minor party has twice helped the Coalition government pass laws in the Senate since it came to power in 2013, but has not sidelined Labor and the crossbench since it supported a 15 per cent "backpacker tax" in return for $100 million for Landcare in 2016.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission boss Rod Sims previously expressed an intention to include ABC and SBS in the revenue-sharing part of a code prior to the federal government's announcement of the draft code in July. ABC and SBS both wrote submissions to the ACCC before it was released arguing they should be included.
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