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Jeremy Jose

April 2024

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says stronger competition powers will improve the economy and overall living standards.

Labor gives the ACCC the merger revolution it wanted

The only real bright spot for business is that the government has rejected the regulator’s initial call for the test for approval to reverse the onus of proof.

February 2024

It is strange to hear the ACCC loudly criticising the informal clearance process it was so keen to protect 20 years ago.

ACCC once opposed the merger shake-up it now proposes

Like Alice in Wonderland, the competition watchdog’s position on an informal process for clearing takeovers has turned upside down.

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