Competition boss Rod Sims hopes Facebook and Google can reach agreements with Australian media companies to pay them for journalism distributed on their platforms without having to use new legislation that regulates business dealings between the two sides.
Mr Sims said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission supports the legislation, which was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, despite changes which have split the country's two largest media companies.
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