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.

The Competitive Edge is a business podcast hosted by Gilbert + Tobin, with 97 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Gilbert + Tobin hosts The Competitive Edge, a business show with 97 episodes published.

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  Episode #92

  The Thursday Merger Club: Tanya Macdonald and Haidee Leung on the first year of the new merger regime

  Jul 16, 202642 min

  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  edge@gtlaw.com.au    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #91

  The Running Man: Dr Andrew Leigh MP on AI, National Competition Policy, non-competes and unfair trading practices

  Jun 23, 202636 min

  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  edge@gtlaw.com.au    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #90

  Smoke and Stack: Professor Julian Wright on competition and regulation up and down the AI stack.

  Jun 10, 202645 min

  Professor Julian Wright from the National University of Singapore joins us to talk about competition and regulation up and down the AI stack -- from the chips to the chatbots and everything in between. Is it winner-takes-all or winner-takes most? Will the digital platforms displace the new labs? And do we need more regulation or less? Plus a competition conference is compliantly considered, Ampol/EG Australia is the first Phase 2 merger approved by the ACCC, the new-look unfair trading practices bill reaches parliament, and AI essays and encyclicals abound … All this and cinematic polycephaly with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.    Links:   Michael B Jordan on  playing identical twins Smoke and Stack  in  Sinners   Three-eyed animals in  Train Dreams  and  The Secret Agent   ACCC approves  Ampol's acquisition of EG Australia  in first finalised Phase 2  Track the  Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026   Damien Charlotin's  AI Hallucination Cases Database   Justice Needham,  "AI and the Courts in 2025"   Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Letter,  "Magnifica Humanitas"   Prof Julian Wright,  "Artificial Intelligence and Competition Policy"  at ScienceDirect  Anna Goldsworthy's Quarterly Essay,  "The God We Made: The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence"   The Competitive Edge's  cryptic crosswords , conspicuously inspired by Justice Wigney  Meet the Gilbert + Tobin  Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation  team  Email us at  edge@gtlaw.com.au    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #89

  TSLRIC Poetry: Dr Lilla Csorgo on merger control, ex ante regulation, economics and literature

  May 21, 202632 minS0

  <p>Dr Lilla Csorgo, lay member of the High Court of New Zealand, joins us to talk about being Chief Economist in three different countries, approaches to ex ante regulation and merger control, being approximately correct vs precisely wrong, and whether fiction and economics have anything in common. Plus, the ACCC wins against Coles in its “was/now/had been” pricing case, the courts have thoughts on NSW Ports, competition and consumer initiatives in the federal budget, and competition and consumer concerns at the FIFA World Cup … All this and e-micromobility with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.    </p> <p>Links:   </p> He...

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  Episode #88

  Bannerman - The Legend of Ron Bannerman: ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward on the development of competition law in Australia and the centrality of enforcement

  May 6, 202639 minS0

  <p>ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward delivered this year's Bannerman Competition Lecture (jointly hosted by the Business Law Section of the LCA and the ACCC), tracking the development of trade practices and competition law in Australia, the enduring influence of its first Commissioner and Chair and the challenges that lie ahead. Plus Woolworths and was/now pricing, Apple and app store access, and Mastercard and merchant routing in the courts; the future of cash revisited; and another Phase 2 review, this time for IAG and the RAC … All this and Bananaman with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein. </p><p>Support the show: http...

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