Michael Thompson

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It is Wednesday, the 29th of April, 2026.

I'm Michael Thompson and good morning, Sean Aylmer.

You were very insistent.

Good morning, Michael.

I want to talk about luck, is basically what you said.

Plenty in today's show.

Let's get cracking.

The main story this morning, the Albanese government has unveiled draft laws that will force Google, Meta and TikTok to negotiate commercial agreements with Australian news outlets or otherwise pay a 2.25% levy on Australian revenue to

And it's this idea of kind of why do some people seem to get ahead what seems to be very easily, right?

While others feel like they're constantly on the back foot and...

Is it luck, financial luck that is kind of playing a role here or is it something else?

Under these draft rules, the platforms will pay between $200 million and $250 million to news organizations to offset any levy.

Is there some kind of secret ingredient maybe that it is causing them to get ahead?

And if it is in fact luck, if it is some kind of financial luck, how can we improve it if we feel like we are maybe the unlucky ones?