A media commentator says a Bill to make tech platforms pay for news has a decent shot at bringing change. 

The Government's progressing an amended version of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill to make digital platforms like Facebook pay for using news content.

National and NZ First are supporting it, while ACT's invoking its right to 'agree to disagree' and will oppose the Bill. 

The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive told Mike Hosking Australia was the poster boy for such a scheme, but Meta has signalled that it won't renew. 

He says there's a change from the consumer side, but from a revenue perspective there's money flowing that wasn't before.

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A media commentator says a Bill to make tech platforms pay for news has a decent shot at bringing change.  
The Government's progressing an amended version of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill to make digital platforms like Facebook pay for using news content. 
National and NZ First are supporting it, while ACT's invoking its right to 'agree to disagree' and will oppose the Bill.  
The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive told Mike Hosking Australia was the poster boy for such a scheme, but Meta has signalled that it won't renew.  
He says there's a change from the consumer side, but from a revenue perspective there's money flowing that wasn't before. 
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