Theguardian iconTheguardianAug 13, 2026 ~1 min source read

Australia politics live: Taylor’s staffer berates journalist for asking about Icac; Coalition again targets Albanese over melon comments in question time

Opposition leader says he has 'made clear' to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition. That obligation to enter into at least eight deals is if they want to fully acquit.

Australia politics live: Taylor’s staffer berates journalist for asking about Icac; Coalition again targets Albanese over melon comments in question time

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Opposition leader says he has 'made clear' to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition.

That obligation to enter into at least eight deals is if they want to fully acquit.

So it still will be open to tech companies to only partially offset their obligation.

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Opposition leader says he has 'made clear' to Bragg that his job is to express the views of the Coalition. That obligation to enter into at least eight deals is if they want to fully acquit. So it still will be open to tech companies to only partially offset their obligation.

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  • If they want to fully offset their obligation, there have to be at least eight deals.
  • So that's also a very strong incentive for them to enter into agreements with regional media, with CALD media and LGBTQI and other smaller players.
  • Andrew was sharing his personal views in his speech, the National Press Club.

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to that obligation, there's a 200% offset for small and medium players. We are going through our policy development process.

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