Labor has warned the temporary discount on the fuel excise is a thinly laid "trap" that could snap in September, while Shippit CEO Rob Hango-Zada has warned businesses could be forced to pick up the tab.
Google's acquisition of cybersecurity business Mandiant faces strong anti-trust scrutiny in the US but the incoming ACCC chair has yet to opine on such issues.
Outgoing ACCC chief Rod Sims used his farewell speech to the National Press Club to single out the need for better laws to help small business and merger controls.
Outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims' competition policy recommendations are similar to reforms tabled in the US, but the views of his successor are not yet known.
The proposed appointment of Gina Cass-Gottlieb as chair of the ACCC next year is welcome, as is the appointment of Liza Carver as ACCC enforcement commissioner.