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The ten non-public submissions to the News Bargaining Incentive Revenue Distribution - Statutory Payment Scheme consultation

Document FOI 27-104 Released 22 pages PDF

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This FOI release comprises three of the ten non-public submissions to the consultation on the News Bargaining Incentive Revenue Distribution, Statutory Payment Scheme, as released under FOI 27-104. The documents are stakeholder submissions rather than project briefs, funding agreements or delivery reports. Have a Go News, a Western Australian publication for older readers, argues for a special service access pathway for small community publishers within ACMA frameworks. WIN Network, a regional commercial broadcaster with about 125 news staff, supports a 40% regional weighting, an enhanced news desert tier, an establishment incentive for new regional journalism, and opposes penalties tied to retention obligations. Other submitters are identified only by partly redacted names, including ACM, Conexus Financial, Daily Mail Australia and WIN Corp, with no substantive content shown in the extracted text.

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