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Competition watchdog ACCC to get a boost in powers making it easier to block ‘harmful’ mergers and acquisitions
Nassim Khadem, ABC, 10 April 2024Australia's competition watchdog will be given far stronger powers to prevent companies from making repeated under-the-radar acquisitions that could harm competition and consumers.
regulation
“The Biggest Fight” – behind the scenes of The Pharmacy Guild’s putsch on 60-day scripts
Stephanie Tran, Michael West Media, 12 December 2023“665 pharmacies to close”? Stephanie Tran investigates the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s “biggest fight”, the scare campaign over 60-day scripts, hidden payments to Liberal and Labor parties and a sneaky carve-out from lobbyist rules.
government relations
Keeping a weather eye on COP28
Cat Woods, Law Society Journal, 06 December 2023On 30 November, COP28 welcomed world leaders and representatives in Dubai to discuss the most pressing global climate change concerns. The Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will proceed intensively until 12 December. The core work of COP28 is the same as it has been in previous years:...
geo political environment
The corporate governance failure at the heart of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI
Duane Valz, Medium, 21 November 2023In this piece, the author examines both the flawed corporate structure of OpenAI, and the neglect of governance evolution during a year of immense change. Those things led to the chaos that unfolded around the firing of Sam Altman.
governance
Generative AI will level up cyber attacks, according to new Google report
10 November 2023As technology gets smarter with developments such as generative AI, so do cybersecurity attacks. Google's new cybersecurity forecast for 2024 reveals the rise of AI brings new threats you should be aware of.
innovation
Australia to investigate Optus outage that impacted millions
Eileen Yu, ZDNET, 09 November 2023The Australian government is launching an investigation into an hours-long outage involving local telco Optus, which left millions without access to telephone and broadband services.
issues management
The spectacular rise and fall of WeWork
Sam Forsdick, Raconteur, 08 November 2023In one of the most spectacular corporate collapses in recent history, WeWork went from a $47bn valuation to bankruptcy in just four years. How did the "fastest growing lessee of office space.." rise, fall, rise again and file for bankruptcy?
issues management
Inside Qantas’s turbulent week of lawsuits, Qatar Airways questions, Senate hearings and flight credit backflips
Kate Ainsworth, Nassim Khadem, ABC News, 04 September 2023Looming questions about Qatar Airlines, a class action about flight credits, heated questioning in a Senate inquiry and a lawsuit by the competition and consumer watchdog trouble Qantas over the past weeks.
corporate reputation
Qantas board urged to withhold bonuses of Alan Joyce and senior executives
Jonathan Barrett and Elias Visontay, The Guardian, 04 September 2023Australian Shareholders’ Association chief says an immediate response is needed if the airline is serious about restoring public trust
issues management
How supermarket shelf space explains the upcoming DOJ v. Google antitrust case
Adam Kovacevich, Medium, 22 August 2023Starting on September 12, a federal courtroom in Washington DC will host what analyst Matt Stoller called the “first big antitrust trial of the century”: the DOJ’s “monopoly maintenance” case against Google’s search distribution agreements.
regulation