Australian small publishers will get a leg up in their fight to secure licensing deals with Google and Facebook after the country's richest person said his philanthropic organisation would seek a collective bargaining arrangement for them. The Minderoo Foundation, established and funded by mining tycoon Andrew Forrest and his partner Nicola, plans to help 18 small publishers by applying to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on their behalf so they can jointly negotiate without breaching competition laws. The move was welcomed by publishers including...