The UK is about to force banks to reimburse payments made “because of deception by fraudsters”. Australia’s government isn’t keen.
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All proposed mergers above a yet-to-be-determined threshold will have to be reported to the ACCC. It’ll have to give a yes or no within 30 days.
US courts have had the power to break up badly behaving corporations for more than a century. There’s a bill before the Australian Senate that would give our courts the same power.
Deepfake scams are on the rise – but can their victims claim compensation? The legal landscape is still developing.
New research finds Australian industries are becoming concentrated with greater power to charge high prices. Unlike US firms, Australian firms are not required to report merger plans to authorities.
There’s no excuse for colluding not to complete on fees, but the time-consuming and complicated bidding process for design work encourages it.
I graphed the average online rate for a $10,000 deposit against the Reserve Bank’s cash rate, going back to 2010. After seeing what that graph reveals, you’ll want to call your bank.
There are good grounds to argue the competition watchdog, or federal treasurer Jim Chalmers, should be vetoing the deal.
The inaugural chair of the ACCC says Gina Cass-Gottlieb’s experience opposing the ACCC in court will prove invaluable, and that it’s time to appoint a lawyer as chair.
Shared ownership means Australian industries are far more concentrated than traditional metrics suggest.
It enjoys huge network effects that lock users in. Google does not.
Facebook might not have been able to cut off news sites were it not for the draft code. Whatever comes out of this is unlikely to be more competition.
What made Facebook grow big wasn’t what its targets would have been without it, it was what they were able to do with it.
No regulation can fix the disruption of journalism by search engines, social media and digital content aggregators.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the sheer dominance of Google and Facebook has distorted other businesses’ ability to compete on their own merits.
Governments can do more to expose the deceptive corporate practice of charging loyal customers more, says competition champion Allan Fels.
The ACCC’s inquiry into digital platforms should make it easier for users to identify advertising on Google.
Two reports have highlighted the risk of severe gas shortages in the eastern Australian market, prompting calls for the federal government to restrict exports.
The Federal Court will now have an opportunity to clarify how mergers should be valued, ensuring the ACCC and the Australian Competition Tribunal are applying the same standard.
Coles and Woolworths’ representation of “fresh” and “local” food reflects heightened interest among consumers about these values. But they also contributes to concerns about the supply chain.
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professorial Fellow, Department of Economics, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Department Chair, Swinburne Law School, Swinburne University of Technology
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Visiting research fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Finance, RMIT University
