The Competitive Edge

Energy partner Jamie Guthrie and Competition partner Geoff Petersen give us some good news on the energy transition, along with the challenges that lie ahead -- what the governments and energy networks are doing, the impact of data centres, how to finance it all, and a quasi-carbon tax. Plus merger reform reform gets closer, serial acquisitions in pets and vets, carmakers pull a fast one and the ACCC is furious, and FIFA finds out … All this and Marty McFly with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  Links:  Dr Emmett Lathrop Brown PhD on 1.21GW  The long-awaited Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2026  More French leave in the Phase 2 Adelaide Hills vet merger, and the Microstar/Konvoy beer keg merger is 86ed  The Furious 7 skydriving scene and the ACCC's case against Subaru  The Hood's many defeats on The Thunderbirds  The Nelson Review, aka the National Electricity Market wholesale market settings review RES Group's 1.21GW  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]   Shai-Hulud  Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

That's a RAP: First Nations leaders Rachel Perkins, Fiona Jose and Shane Phillips join us at the Sydney launch of G+T's new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. What's a RAP, what's a Stretch RAP, what's our RAP, and what's the competition and consumer connection? Plus optimism and pessimism, model Ts and AI at the ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference, the Golden Globes lodge the Penske File, and the plan to wrap the Opera House. All this and more with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  Links:    Things that Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped or wanted to wrap  Jayde Richmond from the National Anti-Scam Centre at the Bannerman Competition Lecture  AER's final decision on the Basslink conversion  Marinus Link and Marinus Dijkhuizen   G+T on the new mandatory standards for large-scale data centres and the Office of AI  Bono at the 2003 Golden Globes (NSFW)   Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]   Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Partner Elizabeth Avery gives us a world tour of new directions in competition law, theories of harm and merger review both here and overseas, and lessons from our role in the Paramount / Warner Bros merger. Plus news you can use on all the Phase 2s, declarations and exemptions in exceptional circumstances, scambling and other portmanteaux, and how to watch — and how definitely not to watch — The Odyssey …  All this and — — — with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.  Links:  Twenty Twenty Six on the BBC and the ABC   How Perez Prado's Mambo No. 5 became that other one  Coles's applications to the Competition Tribunal and the Federal Court  L1 Dominette 01449's genome  The Government's "exceptional circumstances" bill and the ACCC's class exemption  The National Anti-Scam Centre's "scambling" taskforce and NSW's "betiquette" spot  The Washington Post on all the ways you can watch The Odyssey  Or you could read it!  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Partner Tanya Macdonald and Special Counsel Haidee Leung join us to talk about the first year of the new merger regime -- half-voluntary, half-mandatory -- how it started, how it's going, what's changed and the changes to come. Plus exceptional circumstances call for exceptional measures, the ACCC whacks Miyagi and probes Prime for unfair contract terms, and new rules target supermarket price-gouging … All this and the Anzac Act with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. Links:  The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix  Is the Strait of Hormuz open? or Is the Strait of Hormuz closed?  G+T on the ACCC's new powers to act in exceptional circumstances  The ACCC's court action against Miyagi and Amazon for unfair contract terms  ACCC media release, guidelines and the industry code on supermarket excessive pricing  The ACCC's latest merger FAQs  G+T on the latest changes to the merger control regime  SBS on Anzac cookies and biscuits  "Wogball: Australia's Beautiful Game" on SBS  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]   Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury joins us to talk about AI, the revitalised National Competition Policy, non-competes and unfair trading practices, and competition on the field and in the economy. Plus, marathons and ultramarathons, the ParaSkyWarBroDisco merger, the 'Australia Plus' UK social media ban, and the ACCC takes Grill'd to court for greenwashing … All this, and Ewar Woowar, with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.     Links:  Richard Bachman at Lilja's Library  Randy Bachman on pronouncing Bachman-Turner Overdrive  Ultraman: Rising on Netflix and "Ultraman Teo" coming soon.   The UK Government announces its "Australia-plus" social media ban  Shakespeare's "Sonnet VI"  ACCC's case against Grill'd press release, concise statement and court file  AEC profile of the electoral division of Fenner  Dr Andrew Leigh's speech on competition policy for AI agents  Anna Goldworthy's "The God We Made: The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence", Quarterly Essay 102   Edward Woodward obituary with unexpected Judi Dench  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team  Email us at [email protected]   Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.