Google to pay $36 million over Search agreements in Australia, court rules

By Marissa Lague and Saloni Sinha ( December 2, 2025, 05:50 GMT | Insight) -- Google Asia Pacific will pay A$55 million ($36 million) in fines after settling with Australia's competition enforcer over anticompetitive "understandings" with local phone companies over the preloading of Google Search on Android mobile phones, a court has ruled. At a Federal Court hearing on Tuesday, Judge Mark Moshinsky ordered Google to pay A$27.5 million for each of two breaches of section 45 of the 2010 Competition and Consumer Act, with payment due within 30 days.Google Asia Pacific will pay A$55 million ($36 million) in fines after settling with Australia's competition enforcer over anticompetitive "understandings" with local phone companies over the preloading of Google Search on Android mobile phones, a court has ruled....

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Google to pay $36 million over Search agreements in Australia, court rules

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