Australian merger reviews should be mandatory, antitrust watchdog set to tell government
By Laurel Henning ( February 24, 2023, 00:23 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s voluntary public merger review system should be changed to a “mandatory, suspensory” process, the country’s top antitrust official has told a panel of competition officials. Speaking at a conference, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said her agency would soon make recommendations to government calling for an overhaul of national merger laws. Cass-Gottlieb also reflected on plans to review the enforcer’s immunity program for cartel enforcement this year.Australia’s voluntary public-merger review system should be changed to a “mandatory, suspensory” process, the country’s top antitrust official has told a panel of competition officials....
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