Satya Nadella spoke with Australian PM about opportunities created by pay-for-news-plan. Zuck called the Treasurer for a chat, too

And the day after news of those talks emerged, Google said it never threatened to pull search from Australia

Satya Nadella and Mark Zuckerberg spoke to Australia's leaders last week to discuss the nation's News Media Bargaining Code, a plan to force Google and Facebook to pay when they link to news content....