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Raising the bar against mergers will rob everyone of benefits

Why clamp down on mergers with less than maximum benefits when the public would still gain from seeing them go through?

Bran BlackBCA chief executive
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Last month, federal Treasury released draft merger reform laws which I’m concerned may do more harm than good when it comes to generating positive economic results for Australians.

Gina Cass-Gottlieb heads an ACCC that lacks the resources to handle large numbers of merger proposals.  David Rowe

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Bran Black is chief executive of the Business Council of Australia
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