News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch singled out Google for criticism in an address to world leaders and central bankers this month.

“Google harvests nearly $1 billion annually in Australia – by pirating the copyrights of local taxpayers,” The Australian reports Murdoch told a G20 dinner hosted by treasurer Joe Hockey.

“While I am sure they are not the only offenders, as the chairman of a company that is continuously financially wounded by that piracy, I feel quite justified in calling them out by name.”

The comments join those of News Corp chief executive Robert Thompson, and of two top executives of German publishing giant Axel Springer.

In address at the dinner on October 9, Murdoch told guests that the policies of their countries were a “tremendous disincentive to innovation and risk-taking”, and said high taxes and overregulation went to extremes in many European countries and several US states.

Guests included US federal reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, European central bank president Mario Draghi and senior economic ministers from the top 20 nations.