The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory safety standard for vehicle recovery straps. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory safety standard for basketball rings and backboards. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC is undertaking a public inquiry into whether to declare a domestic mobile roaming service. A domestic mobile roaming service would allow mobile network operators to provide mobile services in areas where they do not have their own mobile network by accessing the network of another mobile...More
The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standard for baby bath aids. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standards for hydraulic trolley jacks, vehicle support stands and portable ramps for vehicles. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer...More
The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory safety standard for exercise cycles. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper for the review of the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standard for children's nightwear. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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On 4 July 2016 the ACCC released a discussion paper commencing a public inquiry into whether the wholesale asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service should continue to be declared. Submissions were due on 29 July 2016.
On 14 October 2016 the ACCC released a report of its draft...More
The ACCC is conducting a market study of the new car retailing industry. The study will focus on competition and consumer issues that may be present or emerging in the industry.
This market study will examine whether industry practices are consistent with what we would expect from a...More
The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standard for sunglasses. The issues in this paper has been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standard for babies' dummies. The issues in this paper have been briefly summarised above, please refer to the document for further details.
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The ACCC invites you to have your say on the proposed change detailed in the attached consultation paper on the review of the mandatory standard for elastic luggage straps. The change in this paper has been briefly summarised below, please refer to the document for further details.
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On 5 September 2016 the Australian Government announced that it is consulting on an exposure draft of the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to implement, in part, reforms identified by the Competition Policy Review. One area of reform...More
On 6 October 2016, the ACCC released a Statement of Issues (SoI) in relation on the proposed acquisition of Australian Regional Media (ARM) by News Corp (News). We invite submissions from industry participants in response to the SoI.
The SoI seeks to give the ACCC’s preliminary views on...More
The ACCC is undertaking a combined public inquiry to make a final access determination (FAD) for the superfast broadband access service (SBAS) and the local bitstream access service (LBAS).
The SBAS and LBAS are wholesale services supplied on non-NBN networks able to be used by access seekers...More
On 26 August 2016, the ACCC released draft Media Merger Guidelines. It invites public comment on these draft guidelines.
The draft guidelines highlight particular issues likely to be relevant to the ACCC’s assessment of a media merger under section 50 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010...More
The ACCC is undertaking a market study to better understand how the communications sector is changing and whether competition is working effectively and producing good outcomes for consumers and industry. We are also looking to identify whether there are any issues or potential issues that could...More
Thank you for taking part in the ACCC 2016 strategic review. By providing your input on what emerging issues you or your organisation have recently identified, you will help us learn what issues are affecting Australian consumers and small businesses. The survey will ask you to provide examples...More
On 5 September 2016 the Australian Government announced that it is consulting on an exposure draft of the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to implement, in part, reforms identified by the Competition Policy Review. One area of reform...More
The ACCC is holding a series of regional workshops to speak with people in the horticulture and viticulture industries about the competition and fair-trading issues that affect them. The ACCC will provide information about the protections and obligations contained in the Competition and Consumer...More
The new Product Safety Australia website—which has combined with the Recalls website—aims to provide you with a single entry point to national, state and territory product safety and recalls information.
We'd like to hear what you think of our new site.
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The ACCC wants to see consumers provided with better information about broadband speeds, to improve competition and consumer outcomes in the retail broadband market.
We have observed that broadband retail service providers (RSPs) have generally been slow to provide consumers with information...More
One of the recommendations of the Final Report of the Competition Policy Review (Harper Review) was that the ACCC should adopt a Media Code of Conduct.
Recommendation 52 stated:
The ACCC should establish, publish and report against a Code of Conduct for its dealings with the media with the...More
Welcome to the CLIP survey about e-learning and online courses in investigation skills. There are ten short questions for you to answer that will assist the CLIP team in their research on e-learning and online delivery of training that will best serve the competition agencies of the ASEAN region....More
The future of economic regulation: does the conventional wisdom still apply?
The 2016 ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference will be held at the Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane on Thursday 4 th (commencing 8:30am) and Friday 5th August (finishing at 1pm, with lunch available from 1pm to 2pm).
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Cairns is the fourth regional location to be studied by the ACCC under the petrol monitoring arrangements announced by the then Minister for Small Business, the Hon Bruce Billson MP, in December 2014.
The aims of this market study are to explain why prices are higher in Cairns relative to the...More
On 4 July 2016 the ACCC commenced a public inquiry into whether the wholesale asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service should continue to be declared.
Under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 the ACCC must review the current wholesale ADSL service declaration before it expires in...More
The ACCC is considering an application from the Ceres Agricultural Company Pty Ltd (Ceres) to register a Free Range Pasture Finished certification trade mark (the CTM).
Background
Ceres intends that the Free Range Pasture Finished CTM will provide a certification to verify how cattle...More
On 1 June 2016, the ACCC released draft guidelines for Part XIC declaration provisions for telecommunications services. It invites public comment on these draft guidelines.
The draft guidelines provide information about the processes for declaring a service, including an explanation of the...More