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Australian deals should be subject to mandatory notification, says government-led report

By Ryan Cropp ( March 27, 2024, 01:00 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s informal-merger regime appears set to be abolished, after a long-running government-led parliamentary inquiry into competition issues in the country’s economy recommended the introduction of a mandatory notification system for all deals above specified thresholds. But in a report tabled in the Australian parliament on Tuesday night, the government’s Standing Committee on Economics stopped short of endorsing additional proposals to suspend the completion of deals while they're being assessed by the competition watchdog and to expand the test it uses to assess mergers. The committee instead recommended the government merely “examine” such proposals.Australia’s informal merger regime appears set to be abolished, after a long-running government-led parliamentary inquiry into competition issues in the country’s economy recommended the introduction of a mandatory notification system for all deals above specified thresholds....

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