Consultation period: 5 June to 18 June 2025

We seek views on the proposed cost recovery fees framework under the new merger system.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will review certain mergers. Parties who notify these mergers to the ACCC will pay fees. The type of review determines the fee amount.

Fees help recover the costs of running reviews. This helps the ACCC perform its new decision‑making role. The joint Treasury and ACCC consultation paper gives more information.

Your feedback will help finalise advice to government.

This follows the enactment of the Mergers and Acquisitions Reform Act 2024.

Key documents

Responding

You can submit responses to this consultation up until 18 June 2025. Interested parties are invited to comment on this consultation.

While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please submit responses sent via email in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.

All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment.

Legal requirements, such as those imposed by the Freedom of Information Act 1982, may affect the confidentiality of your submission.

View our submission guidelines for further information.

Response methods

Online (preferred method)

Email

CompetitionTaskforce@treasury.gov.au

Post

Competition Taskforce
Treasury
Langton Cres
Parkes ACT 2600

Enquiries

CompetitionTaskforce@treasury.gov.au