Tag: ACCC

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...

Google, Apple face further ACCC regulation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Competition tsar Rod Sims says the regulator is considering strengthening its “toolkit” to go after tech giants, flagging new regulatory frameworks and merger law to keep up with the...

Debanking risks ‘undermining’ local tech sector

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The increasingly common practice of large financial providers “debanking” Australian tech firms is a “significant threat to competition” and risks “undermining” the growth of the local sector, a Parliamentary...

Aussies watch as US targets Google, again

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian competition regulator is eagerly watching on as Google faces another significant antitrust lawsuit in the US, with more than 35 states taking on the tech giant over...

Rod Sims on the global fight with Big Tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
When Australia’s competition watchdog released its landmark report into digital platforms two years ago, it surprised some by not calling for the big tech firms to be broken up....

Rod Sims on the platforms inquiry, two years on

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Two years ago, competition tsar Rod Sims handed his landmark final report on digital platforms to the federal government. But it was a decision 18 months earlier which laid...

Salesforce’s $37b Slack acquisition gets approved

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The competition regulator has approved the proposed acquisition of collaboration software firm Slack by CRM giant Salesforce for $37 billion, saying the deal was unlikely to lessen competition. The...

ACCC seeks to enter Apple and Epic showdown

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition regulator has made an unusual request to the Federal Court to weigh in on the ongoing legal battle between US companies Epic Games and Apple, saying the...