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Graeme Samuel

It’s the ACCC that’s flawed, not the merger laws

The regulator wants to shift the burden of proof because it is losing too many cases. It should put its own house in order first.

Graeme SamuelBusiness professor and former regulator
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has started a debate on reform to Australia’s merger laws. But the suggested reforms miss the real issues and risk sending the ACCC and businesses into a regulatory quagmire.

Rod Sims, Chair of the ACCC

Rod Sims relied on an existing view of the law when ACCC opposed the Vodafone-TPG merger.  Alex Ellinghausen

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Graeme Samuel AC is a professor in the Monash Business School, Chair of Airlines for Australia and New Zealand, and a former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/it-s-the-accc-that-s-flawed-not-the-merger-laws-20210830-p58nau