Tag: ACCC

NAB hit with record fine for consumer data right breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
National Australia Bank has been slapped with the country’s largest ever fine under the consumer data sharing regime for failing to disclose credit limit information on four occasions. The...

The Gig Guide: Australia’s top bureaucrat resigns

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Glyn Davis, secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, has resigned after serving the last three years as Australia’s top public servant. Professor Davis’s resignation will...

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...

Govt mandates scam-busting SMS ID register

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Telcos will be required to block or warn Australians about scam texts from scammers that spoof legitimate senders after the Albanese government landed on a mandatory approach to its...

Tough digital competition regime proposed by Treasury

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia will set broad limits on anticompetitive behaviour by big tech companies under a proposed framework that could impose penalties of up to $50 million, more than two years...

ACCC assesses claims of PEXA’s anticompetitive behaviour

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition watchdog is assessing claims that eConveyancing monopolist PEXA engaged in anti-competitive conduct during efforts that were supposed to make its systems interoperable with competitors. These efforts...

Data mess threatens scam reporting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The consumer watchdog is considering drastically scaling back its regular updates on the most significant scams impacting Australia after data difficulties delayed its latest report by three months. Additional...

Bill to split energy regulator from consumer watchdog arrives

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Australian Energy Regulator will be separated from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under new legislation that entered parliament more than a year since the split was approved...