The services themselves. Google could simply decide to not do business with unprofitable Australia.
It's a veiled threat of course.
They don't want to specify exactly what's in jeopardy - the services themselves, the free status of the services, the quality of search results, or simply google's profitability.
I think it’s highly unlikely they would exit the Australian market - the threat could be useful, but they have little to gain from responding to what is effectively a bargaining process with a lockout, at least as a permanent solution (e.g. it’s a captive market which would be immediately filled by a competitor, and Google only stands to lose money from such a move). However, consumers might not see it this way - I agree that their veiled threat includes withdrawing from the Australian market.
It's a veiled threat of course.
They don't want to specify exactly what's in jeopardy - the services themselves, the free status of the services, the quality of search results, or simply google's profitability.