Surprise changes may stop Google leaving Australia Tech giants Google and Facebook have won major changes to Australian laws that would see them pay for the news they use.
Business by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson 16th Feb 2021 2:42 PM Tech giants Google and Facebook have won a series of last-minute reforms to laws that would see them pay for the news they use in Australia following meetings with government officials and the possibility of more lucrative deals with media outlets. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg today revealed plans to change some of the more contentious provisions in the proposed world-first laws to make them more workable for the tech firms, just days after the news bargaining code received approval from a Senate committee.
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Andrea Coscelli Ahead of curve – Bannerman Competition Lecture
It is an honour to be joining you all, virtually, to give the Bannerman Competition Lecture.
In his time, Ron Bannerman was a pioneer and a forward-thinker. It seems self-evident now that the business cartels he confronted caused harm to Australian consumers and the economy. But his work over 2 decades to cut back at what he later described as the ‘astonishing web of restrictions’ [footnote 1] across Australian industry was conducted in the face of considerable resistance and antagonism. His commitment and persistence were crucial to the development of the strong culture of fair and open competition that now prevails in Australia.