Michelle Rowland (Greenway, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to the designation process under the code and the requirement for designation in order to enliven the provisions of the code. I ask the minister: What digital platforms and services does the government intend to designate? When is it intended that this will be effected? And, in line with that, on what basis will the government decide what platforms and services it will so designate? I refer to the number of commercial deals that have been struck in recent days between Australian news media and the platforms—in particular, Google, in this case. Will the designation—including the timing and the actual services and platforms that will be designated—be done on the basis of how many commercial deals are secured under Google News Showcase? Is it another measure that the government seeks to employ in identifying when and what services will be designated? So I ask the minister those questions.

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