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DMA a 'positive step' to improve consumer outcomes, Australian official says

By James Panichi ( August 5, 2025, 09:09 GMT | Insight) -- While it’s too soon to ascertain the full impact of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s new online rules should nonetheless be seen as a “positive step” to improve outcomes for consumers in markets with little competition, a senior Australian antitrust official has said. Speaking at a conference in Melbourne today, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s Simone Wong said that although the DMA had only been in effect for a year when her agency’s five-year Digital Platforms Services Inquiry published its final report, the digital laws had taken steps that were “opening up” consumer choice.While it’s too soon to ascertain the full impact of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s new online rules should nonetheless be seen as a “positive step” to improve outcomes for consumers in markets with little competition, a senior Australian antitrust official has said....

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