Top mergers and acquisitions in Australia in 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition involving Australia in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 7 deals involving Australia in 2026, 7 of them with a disclosed value, worth $43.3bn in total. The largest was Gold Fields's $27.1bn abandoned bid for Northern Star Resources, ahead of EQT Infrastructure and Cleanaway Waste Management at $6.6bn.
Top mergers and acquisitions in Australia in 2026
- 128 SeptGold Fields → Northern Star ResourcesNorthern Star rebuffs Gold Fields' $27bn takeover approachMiningTerminated$27.1bn
- 212 OctEQT Infrastructure → Cleanaway Waste ManagementCleanaway gives EQT another week to firm up A$9.4bn buyoutIndustrials / Waste managementIn talks$6.6bn
- 31 OctTransurban → CPP Investments' stakes in Sydney toll roads (M7/NorthConnex, WestConnex)Transurban agrees A$4.5bn buyout of CPP's Sydney toll-road stakesInfrastructureAgreed$3.1bn
- 415 SeptBrookfield Asset Management → Reliance WorldwideReliance Worldwide backs Brookfield's $2.9bn buyoutIndustrials / Building productsAgreed$2.9bn
- 520 SeptTelix Pharmaceuticals → ITM Isotope Technologies MunichTelix agrees up to $2.35bn deal for Munich's ITMHealthcare / RadiopharmaAgreed$2.4bn
- 614 SeptSG Fleet / ORIX / Sumitomo consortium (competing bidders) → FleetPartners GroupJapanese bidders lead FleetPartners auctionFinancials / Fleet leasingIn talks$700m
- 722 SeptBlackstone → IDP EducationIDP Education rebuffs Blackstone's A$695m approachEducation servicesTerminated$490m