Australia politics live: tech giants face law to pay for news content; Australia joins call for Iran to end death penalty

Published August 12, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

News bargaining bill expected to pass parliament after Labor and Coalition agree on terms that will force tech companies to contribute to media outlets. Follow today’s news live

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Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.

Details

The news bargaining incentive, which will see tech companies forced to make more deals with news publishers to compensate them for using their material, will be introduced to parliament today. More coming up.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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