Nine CEO Tells Google and Meta to Match 2021 Deals Under Australia's New Media Laws

Australia's Parliament passed revamped media bargaining laws in August 2026, allowing levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets. Nine CEO Matt Stanton told analysts he expects Google and Meta to contribute amounts comparable to their previous 2021 arrangements — a public benchmark testing whether platforms re-engage or again withdraw services, as Meta did briefly in 2021.