Tag: competition

ACCC uncovers another secret Google search deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s competition watchdog has uncovered another secret deal for Google search engine exclusivity on Android devices, this time with the country’s third biggest telco TPG. TPG has agreed to...

What next for Google after illegal monopoly ruling?

Posted on   |  by Zena Assaad
On Tuesday, a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, the organisation “is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly“. Google disputes...

ACCC to scrutinise Big Tech’s AI sprawl

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Big Tech’s expanding market power through generative artificial intelligence will be scrutinised by the national competition watchdog in the final interim report of its five-year Digital Platform Services inquiry....

Sharma urges govt to drive eConveyancing reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to limit the monopoly of online conveyancing platform PEXA, with Liberal senator Dave Sharma joining calls for the competition watchdog to provide...

NSW calls it: eConveyancing needs ACCC oversight

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition regulator has been urged to monitor the electronic conveyancing market by the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission, as federal assistant minister for competition Andrew Leigh called...

Apple pinged by EU competition laws Australia wants to mimic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Apple is in breach of new European competition laws, regulators alleged this week, setting up the first test of the Big Tech ‘gatekeeper’ regime that Australia’s competition watchdog wants...

Big Tech facing ex ante competition regime in Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Amazon, Apple, Google and other Big Tech companies face the prospect of an EU-style ex ante digital competition regime in Australia after the federal government agreed to progress work...

Merger reform to restrict growth of big tech power

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Big tech merger proposals that “entrench, materially increase, or materially extend a firm’s position to substantial market power” could soon be grounds for rejection, as the federal government releases options for...