The Jury Is Out: An Assessment of Proposed Reforms to Australia’s Merger Control Regime for Addressing Competitive Harm in the (Digital) Economy

Recently, competition authorities globally have been advocating for law reform to enhance their enforcement powers in relation to so called “killer acquisitions.” In July 2019, the ACCC released its Final Digital Platform Inquiry Report. As part of this inquiry, the ACCC looked at whether Australia’s merger control regime was fit-for-purpose to address “killer acquisitions” through examining acquisitions by Google and Facebook, and economies of scope created via con