Special Counsel Amelia McKellar joins us with the latest on AI and consumer protection, from rogue chatbots to fake reviews and how regulators are combatting and using AI. Plus price-fixing on defence force estates in the ACCC's first competition law court case in a while; new and proposed laws on the merger process, social media age restrictions, privacy and ex ante digital platform regulation; and the Digital Platform Services Inquiry returns to search as the US Department of Justice proposes radical remedies for Google. All this and the green Teletubby with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. [Links]

• • The Three Laws of Robotics on Wikipedia
  • TVTropes on works suggested by other works
  • Press release and concise statement for ACCC v Spotless
  • G+T on the passing of the merger reform legislation and what happens next
  • G+T on the passing of the social media minimum age legislation
  • Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind on social media age restrictions
  • G+T on the new consultation on an ex ante digital competition regime
  • G+T on the 9th and final interim report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry
  • Report of the Committee on Digital Competition Law (India)
  • Moffatt v Air Canada, the AI chatbot decision
  • G+T on the first tranche Privacy Act amendments
  • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
  • New rules for the consumer data right
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Partner Liana Witt joins us to talk about the latest in competition and consumer law enforcement and law reform. The ACCC is leaning into consumer and cost-of-living issues as a new prohibition against unfair trading practices is taking shape. Private and class actions are dominating new competition law cases, but ACCC cases currently on appeal could change the enforcement landscape dramatically. Plus age restrictions for social media and a duty of care for digital platforms; new merger laws reach the final stretch; and Sigma and Chemist Warehouse take the W, skibidi. All this and some confusion about US cabinet appointments with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

• • G+T on the passage of the merger reform legislation
  • G+T on social media age restrictions and the digital duty of care
  • The latest Rap Sheet and Shop Talk newsletters
  • G+T consultant Anne Twomey on misinformation and disinformation and the doomed MAD Bill
  • G+T on Treasury's latest consultation on unfair trading practices
  • Senator Fatima Payman on "brain rot"
  • The Straight Dope on the pompatus of love
  • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
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Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood joins Partner Jeremy Jose to discuss the evolving role of the Commission, the Competition Taskforce, the progress and prospects of the new Competition Policy Review, and the importance of basing Australian policy on Australian evidence and data. Plus regulatory grids and antitrust raps at G+T's inaugural Financial Services Forum, a googol roubles trouble Google, rectangular wheat biscuit products and the ACCC's enduring priority of breakfast, and parliament juggles merger laws and divestiture bills. All this and four more years, apparently, with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

• • G+T on the inaugural Financial Services Forum
  • Our new financial services-themed cryptic crossword
  • ABC on Google's amusingly massive Russian fines
  • ACCC on Weet-Bix maker Sanitarium's acquisition of Vita Brits
  • Extended mix of Bob Hoskins and the menacing Weetabix kids
  • Track the merger review bill and the latest divestiture bill
  • What is the Federation Chamber?
  • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
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Deputy Assistant Attorney-General John W. Elias lays out the mission and culture of the Antitrust Division at the US Department of Justice, covering diversity in competition law, the new geometries of the US merger guidelines, and the recent AI workshop at Stanford. Plus vague promises and unfair trading practices; a hat-trick of competition and labour law complaints against FIFA; the ACCC's new merger surveillance team; and what the US election might mean for antitrust enforcement. All this and a bunch of goo with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

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Partner Geoff Petersen explores the new role for governments in the energy transition, taking the lead on targets and infrastructure and making sure consumers aren't left behind. But what's left for market mechanisms and national regulation? Plus the recalibrated merger reform bill hits Parliament with something for everyone in the notification thresholds; more supermarket scrutiny here and around the world; greenwashing in fashion and finance; big penalties for those Qantas ghost flights and a speeding ticket for Honda under the right-to-repair scheme. All this and plenty of disfluencies with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

• • Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, "Together in Electric Dreams"
  • Breakin'/Breakdance 2: Electric Boogaloo trailer
  • G+T on the new merger reform bill and updated notification thresholds
  • The ACCC's Grocery Inquiry 2008 and Supermarkets Inquiry 2024: was/now
  • The Prime Minister on shrinkflation
  • NZ Commerce Commission declines to clear the Foodstuffs merger
  • The Warehouse, where everyone gets a bargain
  • G+T's regular wrap-up on consumer law enforcement, Shop Talk
  • G+T on ASIC's hat-trick in greenwashing cases
  • The CMA's tailored guidance on greenwashing for fashion brands
  • ACCC v Qantas and inflight meals at home
  • The Motor Vehicle Information Scheme and Honda and Panasonic in the first Fast and Furious heist
  • Make your own podcast with Google's NotebookLM
  • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team
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Partner Louise Klamka takes us down the catwalk where fashion meets competition law. Is the Birkin bag in a market of its own? Is "accessible luxury" a contradiction in terms or a reason to keep Tapestry away from Capri? And how does this relate to industrial relations and ESG-washing? Plus supermarket discounts and the new Food and Grocery Code; new directions for competition law in the European Commission and the Courts; and the Australian Competition Tribunal gets ready for its new role in the merger review framework. All this and More Songs about Buildings and Food with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

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New ACCC Commissioner Dr Philip Williams AM trades a long history in economics in the private sector and academia for a crucial role with the competition regulator. He joins partner Simon Muys to discuss the history and future of competition law and economics, from misuse of market power to the structure–conduct–performance paradigm. Plus we examine the proposed merger notification thresholds; Disney's in court for unfair contract terms and a sports joint venture; the new anti-siphoning list gets a workout; the CMA investigates Ticketmaster over Oasis tickets; and the long awaited amendments to the Privacy Act finally land. All this and dynamic pricing with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

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• NPR on Trading Places and the Eddie Murphy rule
• G+T on the draft notification thresholds and their place in the new merger framework
• More about motorway interchange design than you probably need to know
• The Conversation on Disney's arbitration clause
• Judge Margaret M. Garnett issues a preliminary injunction against the Venu sports streaming joint venture
• The BBC on Oasis and Ticketmaster and Choice on dynamic pricing
• G+T on the first tranche of amendments to the Privacy Act
• The Bundeskartellamt on applying the Remondis clause to Remondis
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Partner Tanya Macdonald on how industry associations and their members can promote industry, consumer and public interest goals while staying on the right side of the law. Plus Apple loosens up on contactless payments, with a few complications; the ACCC gets creative with Google search defaults; a 3-to-2 merger in credit reporting sails through; and the High Court gears up to untangle contracts, arrangements and understandings. All this and main characters of few words with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

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