On 18 March 2021, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a rule requiring the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to develop a mandatory billing guideline setting out how retailers must prepare and issue bills to residential and small customers.
The Better Bills Guideline ...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking your assistance.
Scoping risk control options to prevent injuries and deaths from toppling furniture and televisions is one of the ACCC’s product safety priorities for 2021 .
As part of...More
The ACCC is looking at:
How general online retail marketplaces work.
Whether there are any competition or consumer issues associated with general online retail marketplaces.
This is part of our Digital Platform Services Inquiry .
General online retail marketplaces are...More
The ACCC is looking at:
How general online retail marketplaces work.
Whether there are any competition or consumer issues associated with general online retail marketplaces.
This is part of our Digital Platform Services Inquiry .
General online retail marketplaces are...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is conducting a market review into the safety of infant inclined products. As part of this process, the ACCC has released an Issues Paper (available below) for consultation.
The ACCC is concerned about the use of inclined...More
The ACCC provides educational resources to potential franchisees.
These resources help a person understand franchising, the Franchising Code of Conduct and the role of the ACCC before they buy a franchise.
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Regulatory evolution: are new tools needed?
In 2021 the ACCC & AER regulatory conference will held online for the first time. The conference will be held across three days, starting on Wednesday 28 July in the afternoon, Thursday 29 July in the afternoon and the morning of Friday 30 July....More
We are proposing to update our guidelines for the statutory provisions that prohibit NBN Co and other access providers from engaging in conduct that discriminates between access seekers or in favour of themselves. The proposed guidelines are provided below.
Recent changes to the Competition...More
The ACCC is aware of advertisements on Facebook about cryptocurrency products featuring the name or image of an Australian public figure. These advertisements might look like articles or posts in your Facebook newsfeed.
We are concerned that the advertisements may be false or misleading....More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites you to have your say on the issues in the consultation paper (available below) on the review of the mandatory safety standard for projectile toys.
The ACCC prefers submissions to be provided via the ACCC consultation hub....More
The ACCC is hosting a series of public forums in April 2021 to report on the findings and recommendations of the Murray-Darling Basin water markets inquiry.
Forums will be held at five locations across the Basin in Mildura, Renmark, Griffith, Deniliquin and Shepparton. These forums are also...More
The ACCC is prioritising work in the funerals services sector this year.
To help us with this work, we are interested to hear about your experience in arranging a funeral.
We are also interested to hear from you if you work in the funeral services industry or have information...More
The ACCC produces a twice-yearly Small Business in Focus report which provides a summary of the ACCC’s work and activities in the small business sector. You can find the most recent report and previous reports on the ACCC website .
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The ACCC is conducting a review of the Measuring Broadband Australia (MBA) program and is seeking views from stakeholders on the program's effectiveness and scoping its future directions, should it be extended beyond its current expiry in June 2021.
As part of the program, we have:...More
On 25 August 2020, amendments to the Telecommunications Act 1997 came into effect that enable superfast fixed line broadband networks serving residential customers to operate on a functionally separated basis (rather than a structurally separated basis).
In particular, network operators are...More
The ACCC is preparing a report on app stores, such as the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Examples of popular apps available on app stores include WhatsApp, Snapchat, Uber, and Twitter. The ACCC's report is focused on the competitiveness, efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of...More
The ACCC is preparing a report on app stores, such as the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, focused on their competitiveness, efficiency, transparency and effectiveness.
We are interested in your experiences and views about using app stores.
How to participate ...More
The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 (TLA Act) received Royal Assent on 25 May 2020. Among other provisions, it amends the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) (Telecommunications Act) to enable superfast fixed line broadband networks serving...More
The ACCC is conducting an inquiry into markets for tradeable water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin.
We invite you to contribute to the Inquiry by responding to the ACCC's interim report.
Submissions
We encourage you to make a submission in response to the ACCC's interim report...More
Recent developments in the wholesale products offered by NBN Co, which includes offering retail broadband services with speeds in excess of 100 Mbps, has promoted the ACCC to consider updating the Broadband Speed Claims - Industry Guidance (Guidance).
The ACCC is seeking views from...More
The Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Rules 2020 (rules) will need to be adapted to accommodate the energy sector.
We seek stakeholder views on the preliminary positions we have taken in this rules framework, to inform our development of rules for applying the Consumer Data...More
The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 (TLA Act) received Royal Assent on 25 May 2020. Among other provisions, it amends the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) (Tel Act) to enable superfast fixed line broadband networks serving residential customers to...More
The ACCC is building a Conformance Test Suite (CTS) that will be a key part of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) onboarding process.
The goal of the CTS is to give the ACCC confidence that participants can enter the CDR ecosystem without disruption and are capable of conforming with the Consumer...More
The Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Electricity Retail) Regulations 2019 (the Code) came into force on 1 July 2019. The Code, as a mandatory industry code under Part IVB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, is binding on all retailers that supply electricity to small customers in...More
The ACCC is continuing its investigation into button battery safety and considering the options of implementing a mandatory safety and information standard for button batteries and products containing button batteries under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
For the purposes of...More
The ACCC has now concluded its consultation on the Draft Guidelines on Part XICA – Prohibited conduct in the energy market. The public submissions we received are available above.
Part XICA was introduced into the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) following the passing of the ...More
The ACCC is consulting with stakeholders about their experiences in relation to purchasing, servicing and repairing agricultural machinery.
This survey is open to people who have purchased agricultural machinery in Australia in the last ten years. Other parties with an interest in...More
The ACCC is seeking submissions to its discussion paper on agricultural machinery after-sales markets.
We invite farmers, dealers, repairers, industry bodies, manufacturers and other interested stakeholders to make a submission in response to the discussion paper .
Submissions
We...More
The ACCC is seeking views on our proposed revised timetable for the commencement of consumer data sharing by the non-major Authorised Deposit-Taking Institutions (ADIs) in the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regime.
We are also seeking feedback on when non-major ADIs intend to participate in the...More
The ACCC has now concluded its initial consultation on Part XICA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA). The public submissions we received are available above.
Part XICA was introduced into the CCA following the passing of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market...More