The act is in no way intended to limit the activity of individuals sharing quotations or any permitted use under the Copyright Act. Section 24, though, is explicitly designed to pre-empt an argument that just because something is permitted under the Copyright Act, it necessarily reduces the value of news content under this act.
The government is not disputing that digital news intermediaries and their activities may be covered by certain limitations or exceptions under the Copyright Act so that it's not an infringing use of that material. That's not in dispute. However, this framework, as constructed, was intentional in not situating that discussion over value in the Copyright Act framework. That was an intentional decision.
The committee has heard about some of the European laws that are situated in a copyright act framework, but the Australian regime was a bargaining framework. That is the model the government chose to pursue.