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Carver's exit hits Australian antitrust regulator at a sensitive time for enforcement

By James Panichi ( April 14, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Comment) -- Last’s week’s decision of key antitrust official Liza Carver to return to private practice was announced at a delicate time for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which appears to be close to announcing enforcement-action targeting Google over the pre-installation of its search engine on Android mobile phones. The regulator says that the departure of the respected antitrust lawyer won’t affect its “full enforcement program,” yet Carver’s exit just three years into a five-year contract is being seen as a significant blow for the antitrust watchdog.For Australia’s relatively small and tight-knit antitrust community, last week’s news that one of the country’s top officials with oversight of competition enforcement was heading for the door, just three years into a five-year contract, was always going to capture the imagination....

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