Tag: ACCC

Regional Telco Review highlights the despair in the bush

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review (RTR) Report that was tabled in Parliament last week has missed an opportunity to highlight the despair and frustration felt by many living in...

Lack of innovation is hurting productivity growth: Treasury

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The productivity gap between the most innovative companies in the world and Australian firms is growing, according to new analysis by economists at the federal Treasury, who found local...

Allan Fels on new ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb

Posted on   |  by Allan Fels
The proposed appointment of Gina Cass-Gottlieb as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) next year is welcome, as is the appointment of Liza Carver as ACCC enforcement commissioner....

ACCC targeting Google’s $20b Apple search deal

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition regulator wants new powers to stop Google from being the default search service on nearly every phone and computer in the country, warning the tech giant’s 94...

Govt mulls direct right of action for privacy breaches

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A direct right of action for individuals subject to a privacy breach, a statutory tort of privacy and an end to the exemption for political parties are being considered...

Google dominance chilling ad tech competition, driving up fees: ACCC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition regulator has called for new laws and sector-specific rules to address “ineffective” competition in the multibillion-dollar advertising technology sector, warning an entrenched Google is preferencing its own...

The relationship between market power and innovation

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Column: ACCC chief Rod Sims has kicked off a debate on merger law reform in Australia. How valid is the claim he mentioned by the International Monetary Fund that...

Google faces showdown with government over ads

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Opinion: A final report into the notoriously murky and concentrated digital advertising market should now be sitting on the Treasurer’s desk. The report, which was due by August 31, contains how...

ACCC seeks sweeping reform to M&A law

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The competition regulator says Australia’s merger and acquisition laws are out of step with global standards and without reform will harm competition, innovation, and productivity. Competition tsar Rod Sims...