The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites you to have your say on the issues and policy options in the consultation paper on the review of the permanent ban on miniature motorbikes (monkey bikes) with unsafe design features. The issues in this paper have been briefly...More
On 19 November 2018, the ACCC released a public consultation and position paper for the Digital Radio access undertakings.
The purpose of this consultation is to seek submissions from industry participants, other stakeholders and the public more generally on a range of questions relevant to...More
The ACCC has published its Report on effectiveness of broadband speed claims guidance and consultation on further enhancement (attached below) which assesses the effectiveness of its Broadband Speed Claims - industry guidance and seeks input on updating it.
The ACCC released the guidance...More
The ACCC released a discussion paper on 21 November 2018 seeking feedback on:
the analytical framework for monitoring, including the expectations of market outcomes and participant behaviour
the measures we use to monitor
monitoring the impact of policy developments
the process...More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued an initial assessment of four certification trade mark applications lodged by OxoPak Pty Ltd. The marks, together with their application numbers, are illustrated below.
The ACCC’s initial assessment is that it...More
The National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) reference group is seeking to better understand consumer protection issues affecting Indigenous people in Australia. The survey covers key priority areas of the 2017–2019 NICS action plan:
Trading practices
Scam practices
Housing...More