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Jul 24, 2017 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken action over the last six months to ensure small business have a level playing [...]

Jul 19, 2016 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Palace Cinemas Pty Ltd (Palace Cinemas) has paid a penalty of $10,800 after being issued with an infringement notice by the Australian [...]

Oct 17, 2012 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Energy Regulator have published their annual report for 2011-2012. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims [...]

Jan 04, 2011 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Trade Practices Act, a key feature of the Australian business landscape since 1974, on 1 January became the Competition and Consumer [...]

Dec 19, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Life has been made a little easier for companies wishing to merge in Australia. The Australian Competition & [...]

Byline: Sandy Galbraith Dec 15, 2005 (Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Toll Holdings has advised the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) it will end [...]

Nov 06, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian competition regulator has been accused of bowing to political pressure on changes to merger laws. The [...]

Sep 05, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian competition regulator feels that present laws do not protect small business. Graeme Samuel, chairman of the Australian Competition [...]

May 12, 2005 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ruled on the advertising of certain types of cigarettes. British American Tobacco [...]

May 04, 2005 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) The large Australian shopping centre group, Westfield, is about to get even bigger. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has [...]

May 01, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) EnergyAustralia is an electric power company in New South Wales (NSW). The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has [...]

Apr 27, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The competition watchdog in Australia has clear views on how Telstra ought to be 'tamed'. Many in Australia fear [...]

Apr 27, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) The head of Australia's competition regulator says mergers between media groups should not be allowed if they reduce competition. In his [...]

Apr 26, 2005 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian retailer Coles Myer may be fined $A5m after conceding its Liquorland subsidiary contravened competition laws. The Australian Competition & Consumer [...]

Apr 13, 2005 (The Weekly Times - ABIX via COMTEX) AWB charged Andrew Barber $A16.02 a tonne to have his wheat delivered directly to GrainCorp's Portland (Victoria) terminal in 2003. [...]

Apr 05, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's competition regulator needs to establish 'clear' and 'sensible' guidelines on what defines a market. So believe media executives. [...]

Mar 30, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has recommended price caps for the services of telco, Telstra. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has [...]

Mar 30, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has made recommendations on telephone costs. The regulator says some Telstra home-line [...]

Mar 30, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's final report on Telstra's price caps was released on 30 March 2005. The [...]

Mar 30, 2005 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) It has been recommended that Australian telco Telstra retain local telephone call costs as $A0.22 and reduce charges for a number [...]

Mar 30, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has recommended price controls for telco, Telstra, after its privatisation. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has [...]

Mar 28, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian telecommunications provider, Telstra, is expected to lobby against new pricing laws. The price cap regime was recommended by the Australian [...]

Mar 17, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has refuted criticism of its treatment of the electricity and gas sector. The Australian Competition & Consumer [...]

Mar 10, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Graeme Samuel, the chairman of Australia's competition regulator, claims that large telcos can still negatively affect competition. In his [...]

Mar 09, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Two groups in Australia are opposed to changes to merger laws. The Australian Government wants to change the Trade [...]

Mar 09, 2005 (The Weekly Times - ABIX via COMTEX) Victorian chicken farmers have been given approval to collectively bargain with processors. The approval comes from the Australian Competition & [...]

Mar 06, 2005 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published a new guide for retailers. The publication is a guide to price [...]

Mar 02, 2005 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) The proposed takeover of Joyce Corporation by Pacific Brands would substantially lessen competition, says Australia's competition regulator. On 2 March 2005, [...]

Mar 02, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has vetoed a foam industry takeover. It said Pacific Brands' planned purchase [...]

Mar 02, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian mobile telephone users will soon be able to access more media content. Ring tones are currently one of [...]

Mar 01, 2005 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) National Party MP Barnaby Joyce has questioned the effectiveness of regulatory controls on a post-privatisation Telstra. Joyce believes that the Australian [...]

Mar 01, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In Australia, Foster's Group is believed likely to win regulatory approval for its $A3.1bn takeover of wine target Southcorp. [...]

Feb 07, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The competition regulator has been provided with further impetus to cut the fees for making calls to mobile telephones. [...]

Feb 04, 2005 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) You Can Bake It Franchising has incurred the wrath of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC found that [...]

Feb 02, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The laws banning cartel-like behaviour in Australia are to be toughened. The Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, has signalled that [...]

Jan 23, 2005 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) will hold talks with Foster's Group regarding its bid for Southcorp. The ACCC's assessment [...]

Jan 23, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The competition watchdog in Australia has voiced more concerns about the market power of Telstra. The Australian Competition & [...]

Jan 16, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government has signalled that it has concerns about the consumer protection regime. It is looking to change [...]

Jan 12, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) A lessening of competition would be unlikely if Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) were to take over SPC Ardmona. So says [...]

Jan 12, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Productivity Commission is against the idea of fully integrating competition policy in Australia and New Zealand (NZ). The Australian commission [...]

Jan 11, 2005 (ACCC Update - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has helped the Trade Practices Act 1974 to succeed. However, more attention should be paid [...]

Dec 20, 2004 (Choice - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's competition regulator took Daikin Australia to task in October 2004 about misleading advertising of air conditioners. In its sales brochures and [...]

Dec 16, 2004 (Food Week - ABIX via COMTEX) Labelling on poultry products could mislead the public, says the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. Deputy chair, Louise Sylvan, said while [...]

Dec 12, 2004 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has approved Telstra's network sharing deal. Telstra will spend $A450 million to share the network of [...]

Dec 12, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's Telstra has cleared one hurdle as it moves towards a third-generation (3G) broadband service by mid-2005. The Australian Competition & [...]

Dec 09, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has promised more prosecutions for cartel activity. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has gained restraints against [...]

Dec 08, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) A leniency policy adopted by Australia's competition regulator will be tested by the Amcor case. The Australian Competition & [...]

Dec 05, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has ruled that labels on some chicken products are misleading. Baiada Poultry and [...]

Dec 05, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Stricter rules for the labelling of poultry products have been introduced by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). ACCC deputy [...]

Dec 05, 2004 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) recognises the benefits of a proposed restructuring at Telstra. The nation's largest telco [...]