Competition Boss, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Stories naming Rod Sims. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
News roundup: Das Studio to design Adelaide's Line Zero factory project, Adbri's Mawsons JV buys Milbrae, VEEM wins a modernisation grant, and Lithium Australia secures a European patent.
Australia's competition regulator approved NAB's $220 million takeover of neobank 86 400, while warning the decision sets no precedent and that future bank-fintech mergers reducing competition could be blocked.
Roundup covering Deliveroo's cut IPO price range, ACCC clearance for NAB's purchase of neobank 86 400, Compass Education acquiring Momentum ESR, Victorian government funding for Startmate, and NSW's digital lost property system launch.
An academic argues the ACCC is right to worry that Google's proposed purchase of Fitbit would hand it sensitive health data and entrench its dominance, while overseas regulators have yet to rule on the deal.
SoftBank-backed US online retailer Brandless shuts down. Also: IBM's big Slack deployment, an FBI supply-chain hacking alert, a journalist's Kindle data discovery, and NBN's half-year results.