The Competitive Edge Gilbert + Tobin

The ACCC is calling for reform to the consumer guarantee regime to make non-compliance a contravention — similar to unfair contract terms. Currently the guarantees are the top issue for complaints to the ACCC, and they can lead to millions in penalties even though they don't have the force of law. Special Counsel Amelia McKellar takes us through these paradoxes and what the ACCC wants to do about them. Plus the Budget fallout for competition laws and agencies, variations on Louis Dreyfus and cotton, the ACCC's reports on airline competition and data firms, and the evolution of search engines and how to opt out of it … All this and more time travel with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.   



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G+T alumna Romany Webb joins us from the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law at Columbia University to talk about regulatory approaches to carbon dioxide reduction and removal on the critical path to net zero and beyond. Plus rethinking no-poach and non-compete agreements and competition law, more greenwashing action from ASIC and the ACCC, sky-high penalties for Qantas while Bonza is grounded, things get complicated at the Supermarket Prices Inquiry, and the history of Monopoly from Lizzie Magie to Barbie™. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 

 




The British Library on Lizzie Magie and the history of monopoly 



Suki's pink Honda S2000 at the Petersen Automotive Museum 



Treasury Consultation on Worker Non-Compete Clauses and Other Restraints and Assistant Minister Leigh's speech 



G+T on the ACCC's action on Glad bags and ocean plastics 



The Senate Greenwashing Inquiry hearings and ASIC Chair Joe Longo's speech on greenwashing and greenhushing 



G+T on the Qantas settlement with the ACCC 



The Senate Supermarket Prices Inquiry Final Report and MLex on its implications for merger reform 



AFR on the PE firm behind Bonza 



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In this bonus episode, we rejoin the ESG, Sport and Human Rights Forum, where host Moya Dodd spoke with Women's World Cup winner Mary Harvey, now the CEO of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, and Rachel Davis, co-founder of the Shift Project and former independent chair of FIFA's Human Rights Advisory Board,  about culture, sustainability, leadership and change through a human rights approach in the world of sport.  




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The biggest shakeup of merger regulation in Australia in 50 years is coming into view. Partners Elizabeth Avery and Louise Klamka take us through the major changes and the devilish details that still need to be settled, with additional commentary from partner Simon Muys and winning visualisations from Treasury. Is this faster, stronger and simpler, or just harder? More transparent or less accountable? Plus grocery inquiries and divestiture powers, Soviet industrial policy, irrebuttable presumptions and the ACCC looks for a meeting of the minds with the High Court on the nature of threats and understandings. All this and Rebel Wilson with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge podcast. 




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Anne Catherine Faye, Economist and Counsel to the Chair of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Section, takes us through the complicated landscape of antitrust, economics and sustainability in the US and beyond. Plus the Department of Justice goes bobbing for Apple, the Epic case gets underway in Australia, the Full Federal Court overturns the ACCC's win against the CFM(M)EU, and the Productivity Commission gets back in the game with the new National Competition Policy. All this and the Franklin's Tale with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein and senior correspondent Anna Belgiorno-Nettis. 


US v Apple press release, press conference and complaint
MLex reporting on the Epic v everyone hearing
ACCC v CFM(M)EU Round 1, Round 2 and the ACCC's application for special leave to appeal to Round 3
The Marx Brothers on the secondary boycott provisions
C&C (music f) Act (ory) megamix
Productivity Commission's assessment of proposed National Competition Policy reforms
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Change is the only constant, but even change is changing as partner Andrew Low joins us to talk about digital regulation, digital ecosystems and digital payments, and the fight over access to a tiny part of your phone. Plus more constant than change in the ACCC's 2024–25 compliance and enforcement priorities, Epic's battle royale against Google and Apple lands on our island, gatekeepers land their European beachheads on DMA-day, ex-ante regulation proves to be easier said than done, and surf'n'turf at the Qteq cartel hearing. All this and our politicians' favourite films with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. 


Our update on the ACCC's 2024-25 compliance and enforcement priorities 
Our update on the ACCC's focus on consumer guarantees 
Our annual Competition + Consumer Law Insights publication for 2023-24   
Dr Andrew Leigh in the Australian Book Review 
The Barbie edition of Monopoly 
Results of the RBA's 2022 Consumer Payments Survey 
MLex's coverage of the ACCC v Qteq and Epic v Apple and Google hearings  
RIP Kingsleys Brisbane 
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