1st Dec 2022
ACM and industry body the Country Press Association have welcomed an advertising commitment by the Victorian Government.
Regional newspaper publisher ACM and industry body the Country Press Association (CPA) have welcomed an advertising commitment by the Victorian Government.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has guaranteed no less than one full page of government advertising each week in every regional newspaper in Victoria.
ACM and the CPA, which together account for more than 320 regional newspapers, have jointly described the guarantee as exactly the kind of support the sector needs, saying it would provide certainty around revenue without the need for publishers to continually go cap-in-hand to governments for grants to support the vital service regional newspapers provide.
The two groups have strongly urged the Federal Government and other state governments around the country to follow suit, and for opposition parties to commit to matching the move.
