Australia's Federal Court has ordered Google to pay a $55 million penalty for engaging in anti-competitive conduct. The ruling, announced on December 2, 2025, stems from proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The fine relates to exclusive agreements Google had with telecommunications companies, including Telstra and Optus, to pre-install Google Search as the exclusive search engine on Android mobile phones. These arrangements, which were in place between December 2019 and March 2021, were found to have substantially lessened competition in the search market. Google cooperated with the investigation and admitted to the conduct.