News Corp announced this on Twitter just now:
Apple’s subscription news service News+ has launched in Australia with News Corp Australia the exclusive local provider of news.https://t.co/parjiweqF8
— Australian Media (@aus_media) September 30, 2019
For transparency, here is the response I posted in a comment to the tweet: Okay, so it is not a news service. I see no point in paying for your political lobbying.