Grants to assist the sustainability of Australian news publishers

Provides funding to help sustain Australian news publishers by contributing a proportion of salary costs for journalists who produce core news content distributed digitally.

The grant pays $13,000 per eligible journalist full time equivalent (FTE), with pro-rata amounts for part-time journalists.

Australian news publishers producing core news content that is distributed digitally.

Organisations with a primary purpose of producing core news content will be eligible for funding to support a proportion of the salary costs of journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally.

The grant amount is $13,000 per eligible journalist full time equivalent (FTE).

If the journalist is not employed full time with the applicant, the grant amount requested should be based on a pro-rata amount of the FTE.