Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 1188, as revised:

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 51 (after line 10), after subsection 52ZZS(1), insert:

(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the review must consider and report on:

(a) the state of public interest journalism in Australia, including the numbers of journalists working in Australia; and

(b) the impact of the operation of this Part on small, independent and start-up news businesses (whether or not those businesses are registered news businesses).

This amendment asks, specifically, for the reference to small, regional and independent publications to be considered, and the impacts of this code on them, in the 12-month review. We did cover quite a bit of this earlier today. I understand the government intends that to be the case. But I think it's important to ensure that there is a discussion in this chamber, which is why I previously circulated this amendment, and I would like the government to consider it.