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Australian Government Proposes Monetary and Market Share Thresholds for Mandatory Merger Clearance Regime

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The Australian Government (the Government) opened consultation on Australia’s proposed merger notification thresholds. The Consultation Paper proposes a notification regime that consists of four different thresholds—two based...more

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Merger reform exposure draft proposes broad competition law reform

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On July 24 2024, the Australian Federal Government released its long-awaited exposure draft legislation to amend Australia's current informal merger clearance process to a mandatory merger control regime (Exposure Draft)...more

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Antitrust in focus - April 2024

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Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more

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Australian Government Announces Procedural Reforms to Strengthen and Streamline Australia's Foreign Investment Policy

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The Situation: The Australian government has restated its commitment to foreign investment and announced procedural reforms to Australia's foreign investment framework. The government aims to attract the significant foreign...more

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Faster, Stronger, and Simpler? Australia’s New Merger Control Regime

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On 10 April 2024, Australia’s Federal Government announced far-reaching reforms to its merger control regime, most notably the introduction of a new single, mandatory and suspensory, merger control system. The reform package...more

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Government Announces Australia to Have a Mandatory and Suspensory Merger Control Regime

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In a move that has long been advocated for by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government has announced sweeping reforms to Australia's competition law merger control regime....more

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The future of competition law in Australia - the Competition Taskforce takes shape

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The Competition Review announced by the Australian Government on 23 August 2023 is well underway. A Competition Taskforce has been established, with the scope of the Review broad - extending beyond the current competition...more

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Australia’s ACCC proposes major shift to mandatory merger regime and outlines sustainability and digital priorities

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For a number of years the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has advocated for amendments to the country’s merger control rules. The current regime is voluntary, and the ACCC cannot itself prohibit a...more

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