Here are two sentences:

The federal government intends to introduce legislation later this year that will ban unsolicited commercial e-mail , the Minister for Communications and Information Technology , Senator Richard Alston announced today .

Australia will introduce legislation later this year to ban spam , the Minister for Communications , Information Technology and the Arts , Senator Richard Alston , announced today .
Choose your answer: are the two sentences saying the same thing?
OPT: (A). no; (B). yes;
(B).