THE RORT · DOSSIER · THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES DECLARATIONSTATUS · LIVE, AND UNSEEN
The ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCCThe ASD: named together in 1 articleThe ASDCyber Security NSW: named together in 1 articleCyber Security NSWJacqui Lambie: named together in 1 articleJacqui LambieJim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim ChalmersThe OAIC: named together in 1 articleThe OAICOpenAI: named together in 1 articleOpenAIPM&C: named together in 1 articlePM&CServices Australia: named together in 1 articleServices AustraliaSunset Clauses: named together in 1 articleSunset Clauses
DOSSIER / MECHANISMMECHANISM · STATUTORY SWITCH

The exceptional circumstances declaration

Status Live, and unseen

A ministerial declaration that unlocks a fast track under which the ACCC may authorise coordination between competitors without having to find that public benefit outweighs public detriment, backdated as far as 1 April 2026, with the authorisation reaching the public register only after the declaration ends.

Last on record
2026-09
Named in
2 articles
Across
2 cases

Named in 2 articles across 2 cases 10 connections: companies 1, mechanisms 1, regulators and bodies 3, agencies and departments 3, people 2

Tracked in the model
2 cited
Named across 2 articles and 2 cases.
2
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
10
Linked in the graph
0
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Cartel Switch11 article →The Reporting Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 2 articles that name the exceptional circumstances declaration, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about the exceptional circumstances declaration.

Evidence strength · 103 sources across 2 articles
  • Primary 66
  • Official 8
  • Masthead 7
  • Trade 7
  • Aggregator 2
  • Unusable 2
  • 11 not yet graded
Primary
the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official
the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead
a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade
specialist or trade press
Aggregator
republishes others’ work
Unusable
its own sourcing cannot be established
How sources are graded

2 of 2 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 02 / Named together

The exceptional circumstances declarationCyber Security NSW: named together in 1 articleCyber Security NSW1Jacqui Lambie: named together in 1 articleJacqui Lambie1Jim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim Chalmers1OpenAI: named together in 1 articleOpenAI1PM&C: named together in 1 articlePM&C1Services Australia: named together in 1 articleServices Australia1Sunset Clauses: named together in 1 articleSunset Clauses1The ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCC1The ASD: named together in 1 articleThe ASD1The OAIC: named together in 1 articleThe OAIC1
The 10 names most often in the same articles as The exceptional circumstances declaration. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.
Fig. 02Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

How this page is assembled. The name, status and role are the desk's entity record. The article list, case counts, and connections are read by script from the published articles that name The exceptional circumstances declaration. A connection is a name that appears in the same articles; it is not a finding about the relationship. Under How we know, the sources are those articles' references, counted once each and tiered only where the desk declared a tier; a grade beside an article is its weakest headline finding, shown only where every headline finding is graded. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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