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Australian parliamentary logjam puts cloud over privacy, merger changes

By Ryan Cropp ( November 26, 2024, 06:06 GMT | Insight) -- Long-awaited changes to Australia’s privacy and merger-control laws are at risk of further delay, after the government left both bills off its proposed legislative agenda for the final parliamentary sitting week of the year. MLex understands that while the government has not ruled out bringing either bill to a final vote this week, their passage is complicated by the immense backlog of laws that need to be considered by Australia’s upper house before parliament heads into a summer break on Thursday. Adding to the high stakes is the possibility that this week’s senate sitting may be the last chance for the bills to pass before next year’s federal election, which the Canberra rumor mill is currently penciling in for early 2025.Long-awaited changes to Australia’s privacy and merger-control laws are at risk of further delay, after the government left both bills off its proposed legislative agenda for the final parliamentary sitting week of the year....

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