内容摘要：The Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in November, with support from National - the dominant party in New Zealand's ruling coalition - who had promised to back it as part of a coalition agreement with Act, but not any further.

The Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in November, with support from National - the dominant party in New Zealand's ruling coalition - who had promised to back it as part of a coalition agreement with Act, but not any further.

Google's lawyers had argued the case focused too much on its past activities, and prosecutors ignored other large ad tech providers such as Amazon."Google has repeatedly used its market power to self-preference its own products, stifling innovation and depriving premium publishers worldwide of critical revenue needed to sustain high-quality journalism and entertainment," said Jason Kint, head of Digital Content Next, a trade association representing online publishers.

Google owns large companies on the buyer and seller sides of the online advertising market, as well as an ad exchange which matches demand and supply.Internet users will not notice a difference online as a result of the decision, said Anupam Chander, professor of law and technology at Georgetown University.But it affects "the division of monies between advertisers, publishers, and ad service providers".

"The judge seems willing to order structural changes in Google's ad exchange practices, which may affect Google's bottom line somewhat, but don't seem to necessarily threaten its core value proposition as an advertising middleman," he added.In an ongoing series of antitrust lawsuits, the US government argues Google and its parent company Alphabet should be broken up - which could include selling off parts of the company such as the Chrome browser.

The US case will now move to a second "remedies" phase, which could also lead to Alphabet being broken up, said John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University.

In September, the UK's competition watchdogHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it would be "a colossal, historic missed opportunity" to build new homes "in a way that destroys nature, rather than at the same time, restores and rebuilds our natural infrastructure".

Overall, councils are being told they must reach a combined target of 370,000 new homes a year – although the government has not set a date for when this will be achieved.There is an expectation that not all the homes planned for by this target will be delivered within five years.

The government has also promised £100m of extra funds for councils and 300 additional planning officers to speed up decision-making processes.It said local authorities would have 12 weeks to come up with timetables for new housebuilding plans or risk intervention from ministers.