They've already caved on the same issue with the French government https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/google-agrees-to-pay-french-news-sites-to-send-th

They've already caved on the same issue with the French government https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/google-agrees-to-pay-french-news-sites-to-send-them-traffic/?comments=1 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/google-agrees-to... I suspect they think they'll have a better chance threatening the Australian government than French/EU ones