29 Oct 2025

Australia: Watchdog sues Microsoft, Albanese's US success

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 29 October 2025
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche to talk about the decision by the competition watchdog ACCC to sue Microsoft for alleged misleading conduct over adding Copilot AI to its 365 subscription and charging customers more for it.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was photographed getting off his plane in a Joy Division t-shirt after his US trip.

Chris Niesche is a business journalist with two decades' experience and a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review.

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