Australia: Antitrust/Competition Law

The Australian Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a consultation paper in which it proposes a full cost recovery regime for application fees under Australian's new mandatory merger clearance regime.

On 28 March 2025, the Australian Government (the Government) published its draft Determination providing the beginnings of detail about the acquisitions that are the subject of mandatory notification, some of the exceptions to notifications, the position regarding supermarket acquisitions and the draft notification forms.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released guidance on transitional arrangements for the country's new mandatory merger control regime.