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THE RORT · DOSSIER · THE NEWS BARGAINING INCENTIVESTATUS · IN FORCE SINCE 27 AUGUST 2026

DOSSIER / MECHANISMMECHANISM · LEVY

The News Bargaining Incentive

Status In force since 27 August 2026

A charge on large digital platforms designed to collect no net revenue, offset in full by deals with Australian news businesses; the rate took three values (2.25, 2.5, 2.75 per cent) and the publisher-deal count needed for a full offset also took three values (four, six, eight) before Royal Assent on 26 August 2026.

Last on record: 2026-09
Named in: 1 article
Across: 1 case

Named in 1 article across 1 case 4 connections: companies 4

Key figure on file

$0

The government's stated collection target for the scheme as designed. Treasury's November 2025 consultation paper states: "The intention of the News … Treasury, November 2025 [1]

1

Articles naming it

1

Cases it recurs across

4

Linked in the graph

1

Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Media Ownership$0The government's stated collection target for the scheme as designed. Treasury's November 2025 consultation paper states: "The intention of the New…1 article →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

$0The government's stated collection target for the scheme as designed. Treasury's November 2025 consultation paper states: "The intention of the News Bargaining Incentive (the incentive) is that the Government will collect no revenue from it." A platform that does enough of the right deals owes nothing.Source: Treasury, November 2025 [1]The levy that was designed to raise nothing →

Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Named together

The 4 names most often in the same articles as The News Bargaining Incentive. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.

Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled