That's according to a local media outlet contracted by Google to provide content for the site.

The government has planned legislation to make the company pay local news providers for content that appears in its search engine.

It's the first such law in the world.

Google said last week that it would pull its flagship search tool from Australia if the laws went ahead.

Google's planned news site is called News Showcase on Misha Kettle is the editor of the locally contracted company, called the Conversation.

From our point of view, um, there's a few advantages, one of which is they're paying us for the content that we provide, which provides the money that we can use to hire journalists and to keep a journalism going.

And secondly, because of the way that they're curating this content, it makes it more discoverable, so it helps you reach a wider audience.

A spokesman for Google Australia has declined to comment on to other local publishers confirmed they had content details in place for the news site without discussing recent talks.

Under the planned laws, Google and social media giant Facebook must negotiate contracts with Australian outlets whose content drives traffic to their platforms.

Google says it's simply unworkable.

The decision to push ahead with the launch is an apparent show of Google's willingness to run its own content deals without the need for government mandated legislation.