This legislation is supposed to be a kind of antitrust (ie. competition law) regulation. It came out of an inquiry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Co

This legislation is supposed to be a kind of antitrust (ie. competition law) regulation. It came out of an inquiry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The stated purpose of the law is to remedy a 'bargaining power imbalance between digital platforms and news media businesses': https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r6652_ems_2fe103c0-0f60-480b-b878-1c8e96cf51d2/upload_pdf/JC000725.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/em...