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The ACCC heads an active merger control and competition regime, and has also indicated an increased review process.

Motorists are likely to be free to use supermarket shopper dockets to save at the petrol pump, after a News Corp probe.

Quarterly on current events in Competition and Trade Practices law.

Financial services in Australia are now subject to increased cyber-security and information security regulation.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the national trend and seasonally adjusted estimates for the month of April.

Multinationals and big businesses need to review their practices because of Harper review changes to competition law.

Transactions involving IP rights will have to comply with competition laws, as does any transaction of property or assets.

A recent case in the Federal Court underlines the importance of properly responding to investigations which are undertaken by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). The case is ACCC v Narnia Investments Pty Ltd [2009] FCS 395.

Megagrocers undertake to stop cross-subsidising on fuel & groceries and to restrict their fuel shopper docket schemes,.

This newsletter includes links to recent media releases and cases relating to competition and consumer law in Australia.

The recent crackdown on cartels has seen new levels of activity from the ACCC and the aggressive pursuit of class actions by customers seeking to recover overcharges.

The ACCC has taken Coles and Woolworths to court for falling foul of their commitments in relation to shopper dockets.

Businesses in Australia must comply with new laws governing misuse of market power, concerted practices, and cartels.

Martin Algie wrote an Opinion piece for The Australian Financial Review, discussing the difficulties for local distributors, particularly those who have a limited knowledge of the technicalities of the product they are importing.

A brief look at the new mandatory reporting requirements of the Australian Consumer Law released by the ACCC.

The ACCC has even facilitated coordination between companies as they respond to pressing community needs during COVID-19.

In our E-alert of 14 April 2010 we referred to press reports which suggested that an interim WTO Panel Report had been released to each of Australia and New Zealand to the effect that measures affecting the importation of apples from New Zealand which had been imposed by Australia were contrary to the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ("SPS Agreement") as having created discrimination between members and were not scientifically justifiable.