Clash over Australia’s new merger laws focuses on future role of Federal Court
14 December 2023 00:00
Duration: 29:04
Australian merger laws are facing a revamp, amid concerns that the voluntary-notification system was being gamed by global dealmakers. But while there’s broad agreement that the voluntary component of the existing regime needs to be scrapped, there are divisions about which model Australia should embrace. The antitrust regulator is campaigning for a formal but speedy model; lawyers are campaigning for a US-style model that would give their clients ready access to the Federal Court of Australia. MLex has covered all the twists and turns of the debate and spoken to key players in the process, including Chief Adviser to the Competition Taskforce Marcus Bezzi and Australian Competition & Consumer Commission Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
Contributors
James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific
James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more
Ryan Cropp Reporter
Ryan Cropp is a reporter covering competition, antitrust and data privacy in Australia and New Zealand. Ryan reports from Parliament House in Canberra, where he focuses on Policy developments in digital platforms regulation, data privacy and security and competition law. Prior to joining MLex, Ryan was a contributing writer at Inside Story Magazine, and worked in the Department of History at the University of Sydney