The Albanese government must "get its act together" and stand up a plan to push social media companies to pay for journalism by the end of the year, a newly elected Coalition MP says.

Speaking in the House of Representatives last Tuesday, Monash MP Mary Aldred criticised Labor for dragging out its promised News Media Bargaining Incentive (NMBI), as news outlets, including ACM - publisher of this masthead - call for urgent action.

Announced in December 2024 , the promised incentive would replace the Coalition-era News Media Bargaining Code, which Meta walked away from in March 2024 .

Under the new proposal, large social media companies (including Meta, Google and TikTok) would pay a charge if they chose not to enter into commercial agreements with news businesses. The value of the cha

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