Australia: Amendments to Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2021
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Amendments to Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2021
The Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 is amended to include a notice period of one month before the designation of platforms, for which the minister must consider if the platform to be designated has contributed to the sustainability of Australian news industry (through commercial agreements). Further, the range of applicability of non-differentiation provisions and final offer arbitration is reduced, the latter being used only as last resort, where commercial deals cannot be reached by mediation.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content remuneration regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-07-31
in consultation
2020-10-31
processing consultation
2020-12-09
under deliberation
2020-12-09
under deliberation
2021-02-22
under deliberation
2021-02-24
under deliberation
2021-02-25
adopted