Partners Elizabeth Avery and Simon Muys take us through the latest on the merger reform debate, how the ACCC's position has evolved and how its package deal might be unbundled.  

Plus time is a flat circle with supermarket inquiries and the cozzie livs, disrupting the Chocolate Cartel with Willy Dubs, expensive typos from Mariner I to the latest real estate scams, and dance hall revivals from West Ham to "No Whyalla Wipeout".  

All this and more AI fingers with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein of The Competitive Edge Podcast. 


The great dance hall merger of 1926 via Trove 


Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year for 2023 


Cost of living and supermarket price inquiries from Prof Allan Fels, the Senate Select Committee, and Dr Craig Emerson


Skyhooks, "Horror Movie" for no particular reason 


Justus Haucap & Christina Heldman, "On the sociology of cartels", European Journal of Law and Economics (2023) 56:289-323 


The most expensive hyphen in history and a fairly expensive "s"


Elizabeth and Simon on merger reform in the AFR 


Submissions to Treasury on merger reform from the ACCC (123) and the Law Council of Australia (12) 


The Tech team on deepfakes and Peter Waters on AI in the law


Nadia Buttendorf's FINGERring vs Sam Kerr in the AFR.  


Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team 


Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au

Partners Elizabeth Avery and Simon Muys take us through the latest on the merger reform debate, how the ACCC's position has evolved and how its package deal might be unbundled.  
Plus time is a flat circle with supermarket inquiries and the cozzie livs, disrupting the Chocolate Cartel with Willy Dubs, expensive typos from Mariner I to the latest real estate scams, and dance hall revivals from West Ham to "No Whyalla Wipeout".  
All this and more AI fingers with co-hosts <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/moyadodd/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/moyadodd/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0kfJofJJXVBs_DpwjsG57Z">Moya Dodd</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rubinstein-8b7711133/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-rubinstein-8b7711133/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1MGtc0UMd4uRXwmGEyxEX_">Matt Rubinstein</a> of The Competitive Edge Podcast. 
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The great <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202202977" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202202977&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35TiC25BstTtxO6RnxQQ8i">dance hall merger of 1926</a> via Trove 
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Macquarie Dictionary's <a href="https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/blog/article/913/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/blog/article/913/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23B3oMuue2iP0216Z6x-BN">word of the year</a> for 2023 
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Cost of living and supermarket price inquiries from <a href="https://www.actu.org.au/media-release/professor-fels-report-shines-a-light-on-price-gouging-and-unfair-pricing/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.actu.org.au/media-release/professor-fels-report-shines-a-light-on-price-gouging-and-unfair-pricing/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw329qK1jJV-VuoFpYX1Fs6H">Prof Allan Fels</a>, the <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Supermarket_Prices/SupermarketPrices" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Supermarket_Prices/SupermarketPrices&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw21T9NMhP-ghbTQHOYvri0G">Senate Select Committee</a>, and <a href="https://treasury.gov.au/review/food-and-grocery-code-of-conduct-review-2023" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://treasury.gov.au/review/food-and-grocery-code-of-conduct-review-2023&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Aig8lldCchzW96k8hDbVJ">Dr Craig Emerson</a> 
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Skyhooks, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH3tDC2nV_E" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DoH3tDC2nV_E&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1g-NrTrLWzR7qvjyJ0vqC9">"Horror Movie"</a> for no particular reason 
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Justus Haucap &amp; Christina Heldman, <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10657-023-09780-x" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10657-023-09780-x&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GYmBB4R-rQd0TL_A1u2Wf">"On the sociology of cartels"</a>, European Journal of Law and Economics (2023) 56:289-323 
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_1" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZHiUNLVnIELDnczAweDIF">most expensive hyphen in history</a> and a <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-one-letter-of-the-alphabet-that-cost-this-couple-284-000-20240208-p5f3ge.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-one-letter-of-the-alphabet-that-cost-this-couple-284-000-20240208-p5f3ge.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1B5yce4pc1z0jYXXwGgyLL">fairly expensive "s"</a> 
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<a href="https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/accc-hasn-t-made-the-case-for-merger-shake-up-20231008-p5ean2" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/accc-hasn-t-made-the-case-for-merger-shake-up-20231008-p5ean2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PXNE8ysl-KIFaUVm7PWUd">Elizabeth and Simon on merger reform</a> in the AFR 
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Submissions to Treasury on merger reform from the ACCC (<a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/submission-to-treasury-regarding-merger-reform.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/submission-to-treasury-regarding-merger-reform.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2NYPLrOKg4aMBiPtDTLAWK">1</a> <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/accc-submission-on-preliminary-views-on-options-for-merger-control-process.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/accc-submission-on-preliminary-views-on-options-for-merger-control-process.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0NfdUq1eh0R-eYpx-Shqxx">2</a> <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/merger-reform-submission.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/merger-reform-submission.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3EyxRfcJtelIi-Z0H4-KaH">3</a>) and the Law Council of Australia (<a href="https://lawcouncil.au/resources/submissions/response-to-competition-review-merger-reform-consultation-paper" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lawcouncil.au/resources/submissions/response-to-competition-review-merger-reform-consultation-paper&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418852000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2DdJxqmPqU3bz6PS4J1YKf">1</a> <a href="https://lawcouncil.au/resources/submissions/competition-review-response-to-further-accc-submission" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lawcouncil.au/resources/submissions/competition-review-response-to-further-accc-submission&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3HYVHX5VZ5q-hbS2pVPRU3">2</a>) 
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The Tech team on <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/taylor-swift-highlights-harmful-ai-use-tale-two-deepfakes" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/taylor-swift-highlights-harmful-ai-use-tale-two-deepfakes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lJVcpmBQCKhl3XPwvdICR">deepfakes</a> and Peter Waters on <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/ai-no-perry-mason-yet" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/knowledge/ai-no-perry-mason-yet&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0u8LZ3KqK6GyUw-ZJxrCkW">AI in the law</a> 
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Nadia Buttendorf's <a href="https://nadjabuttendorf24.com/fingerring.php" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nadjabuttendorf24.com/fingerring.php&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3z3rRc3IYW5EIBhKuKDZeq">FINGERring</a> vs Sam Kerr in the <a href="https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-10-most-culturally-powerful-people-in-australia-in-2023-20230829-p5e06v" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-10-most-culturally-powerful-people-in-australia-in-2023-20230829-p5e06v&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XZD_0HKP-N0-h8ww6vE5v">AFR</a>.  
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Meet the Gilbert + Tobin <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/competition-and-regulation" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gtlaw.com.au/expertise/competition-and-regulation&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1708576418853000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0HRcFuwrwYPrv_ErOdQ7tT">Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation</a> team 
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Email us at <a href="mailto:edge@gtlaw.com.au">edge@gtlaw.com.au</a>  
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Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world with The Competitive Edge, a competition law podcast. Each fortnight Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with our resident experts and special guests to give you the competitive edge. 

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world with The Competitive Edge, a competition law podcast. Each fortnight Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with our resident experts and special guests to give you the competitive edge.&nbsp;

The Competitive Edge

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world. Gilbert + Tobin’s Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with leading experts to give you the competitive edge.

Get the lowdown on developments in competition law in Australia and around the world. Gilbert + Tobin&rsquo;s Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein explore insights and trends with leading experts to give you the competitive edge.

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