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    Murdoch family associate nominated to be Australia's competition watchdog

    The nomination of a respected lawyer with strong ties to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to head Australia's powerful competition watchdog agency is drawing scrutiny. On Tuesday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government tapped Gina Cass-Gottlieb to become chairwoman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Her involvement with the Murdoch family stretches back more than a ...
    by Meg James, Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2021 3 minutes

    The nomination of a respected lawyer with strong ties to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to head Australia's powerful competition watchdog agency is drawing scrutiny.

    On Tuesday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government tapped Gina Cass-Gottlieb to become chairwoman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Her involvement with the Murdoch family stretches back more than a decade.

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission records list Cass-Gottlieb, who is based in Sydney, Australia, as a manager of a Delaware-based firm that administers Rupert Murdoch's U.S.-based family trust, which controls the family's lucrative stock holdings in News Corp. and Fox Corp.

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