Thursday 15 October 2026: Paul speakig at FIPP Media Congress 2026, Madrid

It was good to be in Madrid at #FIPPCongress2026 - organised by the peak global body for newspaper & magazine publishers - for an on stage conversation with Ricky Sutton of Future Media newsletter about Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code. Legislated in 2021, it led to Google signing 23 deals, & Facebook 13, with Australian news media businesses, totalling some AUD 200 million. My message to the assembled publishing industry leaders: Australia could do it, your governments can too. The policy case is strong - for reasons of economic policy, media sustainability & in turn media’s role in supporting liberal democracy - but it also takes political will.

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