New Frontiers in Regulation
The 2018 ACCC & AER Regulatory Conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday 26 (commencing at 8:30am) and Friday 27 July (finishing at 12:30pm, followed by lunch from 12:30-1:30).
The cost to attend the conference is...More
The ACCC is testing broadband speeds across Australia. Our Measuring Broadband Australia program will measure the typical speeds and performance of people’s home internet connections. We're looking for 2000 households to test in the first year.
We are working with SamKnows, our independent...More
The ACCC is consulting on proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Competition Notice Guidelines (Guidelines). The ACCC is required to formulate the Guidelines under Section 151AP (2) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA).
The Guidelines include:
an overview of the...More
The ACCC hosted two public forums in May to discuss the impacts of digital platforms for consumers and advertisers (including small businesses). These platforms include search engines (e.g. Google), social media (e.g. Facebook) and content aggregators (e.g. Apple News).
Further information...More
The ACCC is continuing its investigation into quad bike safety and considering the merits of implementing a safety standard for quad bikes under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
As part of this process, the ACCC has released the Quad Bike Safety Consultation Regulation Impact Statement for...More
The Digital Platforms Inquiry looks at how digital platforms impact media and advertising services markets, particularly in relation to news and journalistic content, as well as the implications for media content creators, advertisers and consumers.
The digital platforms we'll look at...More
Thank you for attending either the annual Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 14 March at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and/or the 2018 National Consumer Congress held on Thursday 15 March at The Ivy at 330 George Street, Sydney.
This survey has been prepared by the ACCC to seek...More
The ACCC will be hosting two key consumer events in Sydney– the annual Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture (co-hosted with CHOICE) and the National Consumer Congress.
Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1 Conservatorium Road, Sydney...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking feedback on new guidelines for small business collective bargaining. The guidelines are for small businesses, including farmers, to assist their understanding of the authorisation and notification processes for obtaining ACCC approval...More
The Agriculture Consultative Committee (AgCC) was established by the ACCC to provide advice and information on issues affecting the agriculture sector that fall within the scope of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and to provide a forum where competition and consumer law concerns related...More
Our Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry will help to address concerns about insurance affordability, promote more informed and more competitive insurance markets and make a difference for consumers in northern Australia.
The law gives the ACCC power to get information from insurers that...More
The ACCC recently published its communications sector market study draft report .
In it, we discussed the role of MVNOs in contributing to competition in Australia’s mobile sector and the role of wholesale MVNO services.. Wholesale MVNO products are supplied in a relatively mature market,...More
The ACCC has established a taskforce to conduct an investigation into quad bike safety and consider the merits of implementing a safety standard for quad bikes under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
As part of this process, the ACCC has released the Quad Bike Safety Issues Paper...More
In October 2017 the ACCC released its draft report for the communications sector market study. We invite interested parties to make a submission in response to the draft report findings and proposed recommendations and actions.
Download the draft report at Communications sector market study...More
Important reforms to section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) will come into effect in the coming weeks. Under these reforms a firm with a substantial degree of market power is prohibited from engaging in conduct that has the purpose, effect or likely effect of substantially...More
In the coming weeks the Australian Government will implement reforms to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) prohibiting parties from engaging in a concerted practice that has the purpose, effect, or likely effect of substantially lessening competition.
We have prepared interim...More
Significant reforms to the authorisation and notification provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) came into effect on 6 November.
Under these reforms the:
ACCC is the first instance decision maker on applications for merger authorisation
authorisation test for...More
The ACCC wants to provide information to consumers and providers who use or sell aged care services about their consumer rights and obligations.
We would appreciate your ideas about how we can help older consumers understand their rights.
We would also like to assist providers of consumer...More
Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) seeks your views on draft guidance on the application of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) to the activities of charities, not-for-profit entities and fundraisers.
By participating in this survey you give permission for CAANZ to include your...More
Thank you for attending the AER’s public forum on developing our approach to monitoring the performance of wholesale electricity markets. We ask that you complete this short survey to help us improve future events. Responses will be kept anonymous unless you choose to provide your details at the...More
On 21 September 2017, the Minister for Small Business, the Hon. Michael McCormack, issued a proposed recall notice for a compulsory recall of certain vehicles with defective Takata airbags installed and inflators salvaged from these vehicles.
See: Proposed recall notice and draft recall...More
In August 2017, the ACCC released the draft report of the new car retailing industry market study .
Confidentiality
To facilitate an informed and open consultation, we will treat all submissions as public and publish them on our website.
Any parties wishing to submit...More
The ACCC is inviting electricity customers to participate in a series of public forums as part of the Electricity supply and prices inquiry .
Attendees will have the opportunity to raise competition and pricing issues in the retail electricity sector with ACCC Commissioners.
Forums are...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is consulting on expanding the scope of the national safety standard for self-balancing scooters (also known as hoverboards, gliders, smart boards, sky walkers or mod boards) to include single wheeled self-balancing scooters (also known as...More
The purpose of this consultation is to seek submissions on the ACCC's review of the operation of the NBN SIO RKR.
The NBN SIO RKR is due to expire on 30 September 2017. The ACCC is seeking views on whether the RKR should be extended, extended and varied, or allowed to expire.
Submissions...More
Innovation and Better Regulation
The 2017 ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel Brisbane on Thursday 27 July (commencing at 8:30am) and Friday 28 July (finishing at 12:30pm, followed by lunch from 12:30pm-1:30pm).
The cost to attend the conference is $1500 per...More
The Treasurer has directed the ACCC to hold an inquiry into the retail supply of electricity and the competitiveness of retail electricity markets in the National Electricity Market.
The National Electricity Market is the wholesale market that covers Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria,...More
On 2 June 2017, Vodafone Hutchison Australia made an application to the Federal Court of Australia under the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977, seeking review of the ACCC’s conduct in holding a public inquiry under the Telecommunications Act 1997.
The matter is listed...More
On 26 May 2017 the ACCC released draft guidelines relating to deferral of arbitrations and backdating of determinations under Part IIIA, for public comment.
The original guidelines, which were required to be made by legislative instrument, will sunset on 1 October 2017. Because the ACCC’s...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued an initial assessment proposing to approve certification trade mark (CTM) Number 1784876. The CTM bears the words ‘Pastured Proof – Pasture Raised on Open Fields’.
In May 2017 the ACCC invited comments on the CTM...More