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ACCC releases draft data rules

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its draft rules for the looming Consumer Data Right regime and is seeking feedback from consumers, businesses, and community organisations...

CDR set for senate showdown

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A showdown has been set in the Senate over the Consumer Data Right legislation, with Labor pledging to move a number of amendments after a government-led committee gave the...

CDR privacy risk underestimated

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government had “severely underestimated” the privacy risks of the Consumer Data Right, even as it pushes to complete an inquiry process and pass the legislation before the...

ACCC starts on open energy data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog has begun work on rolling out an open energy scheme, before the legislation underpinning it has even been passed. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has...

Questions for data rights regime

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government was clearly “not listening” to the concerns surrounding the Consumer Data Right after it rejected an extension to an inquiry into the new scheme, shadow digital economy...

Data rights bill hits parliament

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has introduced draft Consumer Data Right laws to the Federal Parliament, A structural reform that he says will create competition as well as incentives for entrepreneurs...

Open banking’s politics of delay

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s inability to introduce its “game-changing” Consumer Data Right legislation, and the subsequent delay to the launch of open banking, could provide an opportunity to improve the regime,...

Data economy needs a central plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Extracting economic value and social benefit from the emerging data economy would require a more centrally coordinated national data plan than is currently in place, says Opposition digital economy...