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 99 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Gilbert + Tobin hosts The Competitive Edge, a business show with 99 episodes published.

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  Episode #96

  The Equalizer: Commissioner Luke Woodward on the new era of enforcement at the ACCC

  Sep 24, 202644 min

  Commissioner Luke Woodward takes us through the ACCC's evolving approach to enforcement – from undertakings and infringement notices to dawn raids and court action – and how the ACCC is grappling with, and using, AI. Plus the latest merger reform reforms recalibrate the new regime; the one remedy to rule them all; unfair contract terms and irony in ASIC v CashnGo; and calls for antitrust authorisations to avoid anthropomorphised AI agents absconding … All this and our 5th birthday with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein .  Links "The Equalizer" intro    Breaker Morant trailer   Edward Woodward's Scottish accent in The Wicker Man   G+T on the latest changes to the merger review framework   The Peter Warren/Wakeling Automotive and Kimberly-Clark/Kenvue deals on the acquisitions register  Kia: The Features Film   The ASIC v Venture 5 Group (t/as CashnGo) proceedings  Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Ian Jackman as Justice Wolverine     ABC on the OpenAI agent breakout in the AI's own words   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 #95

  1.21GW: Jamie Guthrie and Geoff Petersen with the good news on the energy transition

  Sep 1, 202641 min

  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  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   RES Group's  1.21GW   Meet the Gilbert + Tobin  Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation  team  Email us at  edge@gtlaw.com.au    Shai-Hulud   Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #94

  That’s a RAP! Reconciliation, competition law and a corporate challenge

  Aug 19, 202644 min

  That's a RAP: Indigenous 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  edge@gtlaw.com.au    Support the show: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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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