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Corporations must have strong policies dealing with collusive practices in place to avoid these significant penalties.

The Bill proposes to introduce a new 'concerted practices' prohibition and to vary the misuse of market power provision.

This alert is a brief recap of the current law, the recommendations and possible implications of the proposed changes.

Discusses penalties imposed on companies by the ACCC in 2011.

In February this year we provided an outline of the proposed amendments to the National Access Regime in Part II A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (Act). Those changes are contained in the Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009. Since our last update, the Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended the Bill be passed.

The Commonwealth Government has released a discussion paper about whether the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the TPA) should be amended to make it easier for the Australian Competition and Consumer to take action against so-called "creeping acquisitions".

Following the release of the OECD Report, the ACCC indicated that it will now seek to pursue higher pecuniary penalties.

Cartel conduct typically involves price fixing, sharing markets, rigging bids and controlling outputs.

It's questionable whether the shareholder's comments could have breached price signalling laws.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘ACCC') has commenced a public inquiry into nine wholesale telecommunication services, which are set to expire in 2024.

On 23 March 2009, Chris Bowen, the Treasurer, and Bob Debus, the Home Affairs Minister, announced the Productivity Commission would undertake an inquiry into Australia's anti-dumping and countervailing system, and an issues paper was released on 17 April.

Enforcement priority areas will help companies to take a more proactive approach to monitoring and enforcing compliance.

This article covers events which occurred in April and May 2020, including the ACCC's continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Federal Government has introduced into Parliament proposed legislation regarding component pricing. The legislation is widely thought to be targeted at advertising that does not include all applicable fees and charges.

Cartel conduct is treated seriously by the ACCC as the effect on competition, prices and consumer choice is significant.

BHP Billiton (BHPB) and Rio Tinto (RIO) have each preserved their right to the exclusive use of key heavy haulage railway lines and associated infrastructure for the transporting of iron ore in the Pilbara region in Western Australia following the Australian Competition Tribunal's (ACT) 30 June 2010 decision to declare only two of the four railways owned by the two mining companies