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9924911 January 2012Reports of Significant Concentrations in Vietnam's Telecommunications and Domestic Air Transportation Sectors
By David Fruitman
An article in relation to significant concentrations in Vietnam's telecommunications and domestic air transportation sectors
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9925023 December 2011Draft price signalling regulations just released for consultation
By Elizabeth Avery, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Catherine Dermody, Moya Dodd, Simon Snow, Peter Waters, Luke Woodward
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, David Bradbury, has today released the proposed price signalling regulations for consultation. After much debate, the Government’s Competition and Consumer Act Amendment Act (No 1) 2011 was recently passed to prohibit price signalling and other information disclosures, as prescribed by regulation.
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9924812 December 2011Court penalises Harvey Norman for misleading catalogue and website
By Andrew Floro, Matt Mackenzie
On 8 December 2011, the Federal Court has ordered that Harvey Norman pay a pecuniary penalty of $1.25 million for contraventions of the Trade Practices Act (TPA) and the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
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9924708 December 2011Court affirms green light on $250 million Metcash acquisition
By Elizabeth Avery, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Catherine Dermody, Moya Dodd, Simon Snow, Peter Waters, Luke Woodward
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia dismissed the ACCC’s appeal from Emmett J’s decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Metcash Trading Ltd [2011] FCA 1079, in effect giving Metcash the green light to complete its $215 million acquisition of Franklins.
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9924625 November 2011Price signalling bill passes Senate with no amendments
By Elizabeth Avery, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Catherine Dermody, Simon Snow, Luke Woodward
On 24 November 2011, the Senate passed the Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011 (Bill) with no amendments. The Bill will amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prohibit anti-competitive price signalling and will commence 6 months after it receives Royal Assent.