{"id":76543,"date":"2025-08-18T03:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76543\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T03:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:56:10","slug":"volodymyr-zelensky-trump-to-meet-after-vladimir-putin-talks-qantas-sackings-federal-court-outcome-today-productivity-commission-boss-danielle-wood-calls-for-war-on-red-tape-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76543\/","title":{"rendered":"Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump to meet after Vladimir Putin talks; Qantas sackings Federal Court outcome today; Productivity Commission boss Danielle Wood calls for war on red tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s competition watchdog has launched Federal Court action against tech giant Google, after the company admitted to anti-competitive behaviour involving Google Search.<\/p>\n<p>The ACCC said that between 2019 and 2021 Google signed agreements with Telstra and Optus to pre-install Google Search on Android smartphones \u2013 and not any other search engines \u2013 conduct the watchdog said was anti-competitive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1808b820b7443044f322db4029380f7f70e4ccac.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb.Credit: Oscar Colman<\/p>\n<p>Google has admitted liability, co-operated with the watchdog and agreed to pay a $55 million penalty subject to Federal Court approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConduct that restricts competition is illegal in Australia because it usually means less choice, higher costs or worse service for consumers,\u201d ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s outcome, along with Telstra, Optus and TPG\u2019s undertakings, have created the potential for millions of Australians to have greater search choice in the future, and for competing search providers to gain meaningful exposure to Australian consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportantly, these changes come at a time when AI search tools are revolutionising how we search for information, creating new competition. Competition issues in the digital economy are a current priority area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google has admitted liability and agreed to pay a $55 million penalty.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/510977b1692a62beeb6a4d8c797f1437d742a8d4.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google has admitted liability and agreed to pay a $55 million penalty.Credit: AP<\/p>\n<p>Google did not agree with all the watchdog\u2019s concerns but has committed to removing certain default search engine restrictions with telcos and Android phone manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to resolve the ACCC\u2019s concerns, which involved provisions that haven\u2019t been in our commercial agreements for some time,\u201d a Google spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to providing Android device makers more flexibility to preload browsers and search apps, while preserving the offerings and features that help them innovate, compete with Apple, and keep costs low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telstra and Optus were contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s competition watchdog has launched Federal Court action against tech giant Google, after the company admitted to anti-competitive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-76543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}