By Saloni Sinha and Sean Maguire ( June 16, 2026, 08:02 GMT | Insight) -- Australia's competition regulator will continue to rely on its existing enforcement toolkit to address competition and other similar concerns in digital-platform markets until a dedicated ex ante regime is introduced, a senior official said. While speaking with MLex on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, said that these tools could include competition litigation, enforceable undertakings, market monitoring and even consumer protection cases. Australia's competition regulator will continue to rely on its existing enforcement toolkit to address competition and other similar concerns in digital-platform markets until a dedicated ex ante regime is introduced, a senior official said....
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