Govt’s platform tax is back to drive news deals


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The Albanese government has revived its plan to force Meta back into deals with news publishers with a backstop tax of more than $100 million a year.

A year to the day after announcing the tax on large digital platforms, which Labor calls a charge, Treasury on Thursday released a consultation on where the thresholds will be for its News Media Bargaining Incentive.

Under the government’s preferred approach, the tax …

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