Originally promised as part of the new National Cultural Policy, Revive, in January, the Albanese Government has honoured its promise to modernise Australia’s lending rights scheme.
The investment of $12.9 million in order to extend the Public Lending Right (PLR) and Educational Lending Right (ELR) Schemes, so that digital content such as e-books and audiobooks are included, will result in increased payments flowing directly to local writers, illustrators, publishers and translators.
