NRA director takes on Labor’s big tech tax
American anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has criticized Australia's new news media bargaining laws, labeling them a tax on American tech success. The legislation aims to force tech giants to negotiate payment deals with local news organizations.
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The conflict highlights the ongoing global tension between national governments seeking to regulate tech platforms and the platforms' resistance to such interventions.
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Share A A A In this week’s On Background, more moves at the ABC, a colourful US anti-tax activist takes on Australia, Stokes returns, and Q+A’s replacement program traverses familiar ground.
Just when it is finally getting off the ground , one of America’s most colourful anti-tax advocates Grover Norquist has taken aim at Labor’s News Media Bargaining Incentive.
Norquist, whose Americans for Tax Reform organisation is a staunch opponent of any and all tax increases, said in a statement this week that Australia has found “a new way to tax American success”.
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