Labor moving too slowly on making big tech pay Australian media for news, Coalition and Greens say

<p>Trump tariff threat fuels concerns the news bargaining incentive announced in December could be delayed</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/17/australia-news-live-victoria-police-sydney-trains-industrial-action-interest-rates-election-campaign-cost-of-living-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The Coalition and Greens have attacked federal Labor for moving too slowly to come up with a new way of making big tech companies pay Australian media companies for news content.</p><p>The design of the new initiative is yet to be determined, and a consultation paper on the code was due to be released early this year. But the threat of retaliatory tariffs from the US have fuelled concerns the news bargaining incentive, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/12/meta-tiktok-and-google-to-be-forced-to-pay-for-australian-news">announced in December</a>, could be delayed.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/17/labor-moving-too-slowly-on-making-big-tech-pay-australian-media-for-news-coalition-and-greens-say">Continue reading...</a>