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Simplify notification-waiver form for dealmakers, Australian businesses say

By James Panichi and Saloni Sinha ( September 30, 2025, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- A waiver process allowing deals that don’t raise competition concerns to avoid probes under Australia’s rigorous new merger regime is complex, ambiguous and requires excessive information, according to the country’s business community. In a recent submission, the Business Council of Australia urged officials designing the proposed waiver form to “reduce excessive information requirements” under the new mandatory and suspensory regime. The Law Council of Australia also argued for the process to be simplified, saying the form should be understood by businesspeople “without the need for legal advice and especially by competition-law specialists.” A waiver process allowing deals that don’t raise competition concerns to avoid probes under Australia’s rigorous new merger regime is complex, ambiguous and requires excessive information, according to the country’s business community....

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