Apparently you haven't seen this (short summary: you cite a pre-print (anyone's, not just your own), no funding for you): https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/24/australian...

Funding agencies (which are generally controlled by government, not academia) could easily set the standard to be e.g. no subscription and $500 publishing fee (feel free to replace $500 with a reasonable amount, I think $500 is excessive, but it's much lower than current rates), as shown by the slow switch to Open Access, which has been driven by them.