Aussie TV, radio and print media issues joint statement on news media bargaining code

Australia’s major television networks have come together with publishers, radio networks and peak industry bodies to call on the Morrison Government to implement a news media bargaining code before the end of the year.

In a joint statement, the organisations said Google and Facebook must start to pay for news media if local news businesses are to survive, especially following a year of floods, bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.