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

As I noted, if the government refrains from designating digital platform services under the code, the provisions of the bill will not be enlivened. If the government thus elects not to designate Google Search or Google News Showcase under the code, how will news media publishers avail themselves of the negotiate-arbitrate provisions under the code? How will smaller publishers avail themselves of collective bargaining under the code? And how will the imbalance in the bargaining power between the news media and the digital platforms be addressed if the government elects not to designate any platforms or services?

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