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Australia's final merger rules clarify threshold calculations, review fees

By Saloni Sinha ( July 1, 2025, 06:10 GMT | Insight) -- As Australia's new merger-control system comes into effect today on a voluntary basis, the government has finalized the regulations underpinning the new regime, providing clarity on notification-threshold calculations and the cost-recovery model. In the Competition and Consumer (Notification of Acquisitions) Determination 2025, published late yesterday, the government scrapped the previously proposed flat fee of A$952,000 (US$624,921) for Phase 2 merger reviews, replacing it with a tiered structure based on transaction value, as previously reported by MLex. As Australia's new merger-control system comes into effect today on a voluntary basis, the government has finalized the regulations underpinning the new regime, providing clarity on notification-threshold calculations and the cost-recovery model....

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