It's state vs state as national regulation lags behind environmental imperatives. Special Counsel Geoff Petersen takes us through how regulated industries are shaped by the turbulent history of federalism - including Mark Twain's train ride to Albury. Plus the real takeaway from the Optus hack, new maximum penalties, an overhaul of unfair contract terms provisions and we raise the curtain on Opera Australia under its new Chair. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.

• Simon Burns and Lesley Sutton on the Optus hack
• G+T on the new bill to increase penalties and prohibit unfair contract terms
• Justice Jagot's Bannerman lecture and Her Honour's paper on Matt's favourite competition law issue
• Mark Twain on "the most baffling and unaccountable marvel that Australasia can show"
• Hear the Pearl Fishers' Duet with Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill (1950)
• Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition + Regulation team

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