Australian watchdog outlines enforcement approach to unnotified deals
By Saloni Sinha ( August 18, 2026, 06:10 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s antitrust regulator may take enforcement action against businesses that fail to notify acquisitions even when the deals raise no competition concerns, under proposed changes to the automatic voiding rules in the country’s new merger regime. In a response to MLex’s queries on Monday, a spokesperson for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said that the regulator has broad enforcement discretion if it becomes aware of an unnotified acquisition.Australia’s antitrust regulator may take enforcement action against businesses that fail to notify acquisitions even when the deals raise no competition concerns, under proposed changes to the automatic voiding rules in the country’s new merger regime....
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