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Urgent regulatory plans stuck in Australian electoral purgatory

By James Panichi and Saloni Sinha ( March 26, 2025, 06:58 GMT | Comment) -- Rulemaking in Australia is about to shut down, with the government set to call an election and usher the country into more than a month of “caretaker” mode in which no significant decisions can be made. This is, arguably, good for democratic governance but bad for the unfinished regulatory business on the executive’s desk — including key antitrust and privacy files likely to affect international digital players. This period of stasis is adding to the uncertainty caused by the unrelated buildup of key court decisions, which are likely to set important precedents.Milling around the home of a country’s de facto head of state waiting for a car to turn down the driveway isn’t why people get into journalism. Yet every three years, as an Australian federal election looms, that’s what the gig entails....

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