Proposed legislation for a News Bargaining Incentive has now been finalised by the Federal Government, and is expected to be introduced into Parliament early in the Spring session. While the proposed legislation is a positive step for smaller, independent media outlets there are still opportunities for improvement to capture more community broadcasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following is a media release issued by Democracy Counts featuring quotes from CBAA’s Head of Advocacy and Communications Reece Kinnane and the Local and Independent News Association’s Executive Director Claire Stuchbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBAA Media contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Reece Kinnane, Head of Advocacy and Communications, CBAA<\/p>\n\n\n\n reece.kinnane@cbaa.org.au<\/a> | +61 420 525 526 21.08.26<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The passage of legislation that will see global tech giants help fund Australian journalism is a positive step to foster Australians\u2019 access to factual news and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnsuring the sustainability and diversity of Australian newsrooms, big and small, is crucial for the health of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is vital that the stories that impact the places where we live and work are amplified. This is how we understand and navigate our own communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe News Media Bargaining legislation recognises the immense public value of news and the people who produce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have successfully argued for amendments to more equitably support newsrooms right across the media ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will continue to work with the government on further measures needed to support a growing local and independent media industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Australia is leading the way through innovative reforms to tackle the damaging social impacts of the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis package will strengthen Australian media and secure the supply of diverse public interest journalism on major digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe continue to hold concerns that many community media outlets will fall through the cracks in the NBI’s design and urge the Government to remain vigilant in monitoring the impact of the scheme on outlets that miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe expect large media companies will be the main beneficiaries and therefore ask the Government to continue its proactive approach to media reform with policy and funded-programs that target new support to small, independent media outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Media enquiries: <\/strong>Iona Salter, 0413 185 634<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democracy Counts is a growing alliance of organisations and Australians who care about the way democracy functions in Australia. Partners include the Centre for Public Integrity, Digital Rights Watch, the Local and Independent News Association, Sentiment and the Alliance for Journalists\u2019 Freedom. The campaign is powered McKinnon, an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empower better governments for a stronger Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Proposed legislation for a News Bargaining Incentive has now been finalised by the Federal Government, and is expected to be introduced into Parliament early in the Spring session. While the proposed legislation is a positive step for smaller, independent media outlets there are still opportunities for improvement to capture more community broadcasters. Following is a media release … Continue reading “News Bargaining Incentive marks a new chapter for democracy in the digital age”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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MEDIA RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nNews Bargaining Incentive marks a new chapter for democracy in the digital age<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Claire Stuchbery, Executive Director of the Local and Independent News Association, said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Reece Kinnane, of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n