Well, Google will never succumb to this pressure from the Aussie government. If it did, that'd be used as a precedent all around the world.
I suspect they think they'll have a better chance threatening the Australian government than French/EU ones
> But the Mountain View, California-based company has adapted to similar requests in other countries without cutting off search. Google stopped showing news results from European publishers on search results for French users last year after local regulators urged it to pay for content, and then on Thursday the firm said it reached a deal to pay media publishers in the country.