The LIDC Australia and New Zealand was fully approved by the LIDC as a chapter and was officially welcomed to the LIDC family in November 2024. LIDC Australia and New Zealand’s object is “the promotion and development of competition law, unfair competition and intellectual property laws in Australia and New Zealand, through education, study and research, for public benefit,” (Constitution of LIDC Australia and New Zealand). It brings together persons from Australia and New Zealand with a serious and active interest in competition law and/or intellectual property law and/or consumer law (unfair competition).