Nicole Johnston

Andrew, you've been campaigning for this for so long now and you've achieved so much.

But what is really the ultimate goal?

And where do you want Australia to be on this issue over the next five to 10 years?

Andrew, it's an important topic and thank you so much for speaking with us about it.

Also in the news, the federal government's released draft laws aimed at forcing major tech companies to pay for Australian news published on their platforms.

Under the proposed news bargaining incentive, platforms like Meta, Google and TikTok would face a tax of 2.25% of their Australian revenue if they don't strike commercial deals with news publishers.

The government says the law is designed to fix gaps in the existing bargaining code, after platforms were able to avoid payments by pulling back from news, and is expected to raise up to $250 million a year.

And a UK parliamentary inquiry has cast doubt on the country's ability to develop and deliver nuclear submarines, promised as part of the AUKUS Defence Pact.

The deal, estimated to cost up to $368 billion, is meant to deliver Australia its first US-built submarines by the early 2030s.

before delivering British-designed submarines within the same decade.

But the House of Commons Defence Committee says decades of underfunding, workforce shortages and low submarine availability in Britain could derail the plan.

I'm Nicole Johnston, and this is 7am.

Thanks for listening.

This is Donald Trump comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln and JFK.

The president became the likely target of an alleged shooter who charged a security point armed with guns and knives.

For a moment, the White House Correspondents' Dinner continued, the president and his guests seemingly unaware, until the Secret Service pulled Trump from the stage and formed a human shield around him.

This is the third alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump in two years.

I'm Nicole Johnston and you're listening to 7am.

Today, Sydney Morning Herald columnist and former assistant managing editor of NPR in Washington, Bill Wyman, on America's surge in political violence, what's behind it and is Trump both a target and provocateur?

It's Tuesday, April 28th.