Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government has announced relief measures, including a $50 million program for regional journalism, to help media hit by the fallout from COVID-19 crisis.
Commercial television and radio broadcasters will be given a year’s waiver of spectrum tax, at a cost of $41 million.
There will also be an “emergency” suspension of content...





