Telstra to face penalties for misleading broadband speeds

Telstra will soon be penalised for misleading over 15,000 of its Belong customers about the speed of its internet...

24 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Coles, Woolworths identify defence to price gouging allegations

Appearing for the first time in court to face the allegations they misled customers with dodgy promotions, Coles and...

24 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Behind the ‘significant penalties’ looming over Coles and Woolworths

With Coles and Woolworths heading to court over their allegedly misleading discount claims, a partner and senior...

21 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Environmental lawyers lodge greenwashing complaint against Qantas

The Environmental Defenders Office has asked the ACCC to investigate the national carrier for alleged greenwashing over...

17 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Court signs off on Qantas’ $100m penalty

Passengers affected by Qantas’ advertisement of cancelled flights will pocket a couple of hundred dollars each after...

09 October 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘No surprises’ in consumer watchdog’s 2024 priorities

The ACCC announced cost-of-living pressures and allegations of supermarket price gouging will be prioritised in 2024, a...

12 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

ACCC accepts ANZ’s $4.9bn takeover of Suncorp

The competition watchdog “does not propose to seek review” of the competition tribunal’s decision to grant...

06 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor faces ACCC, disciplinary hearing for allegedly misleading creditor scheme

A Sydney solicitor is facing disciplinary and ACCC proceedings in connection with an allegedly misleading and...

01 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

ACCC sues Qantas for selling tickets to cancelled flights

Qantas will face court on accusations that for 70 per cent of its cancelled flights, it either continued to sell...

01 September 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Potential new CCA and ACL regulations, explained

With the new Labor government looking to strengthen competition laws and increase minimum penalties, a new draft bill...

20 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

ACCC not opposed to Dye & Durham’s Link acquisition

The competition regulator has accepted an undertaking from global tech company Dye & Durham to divest its existing...

08 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACCC launches consultation on Link acquisition of Dye & Durham

The competition regulator is seeking feedback on how Dye & Durham plans to address competition concerns related to...

05 August 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

How the competition regulator plans to stop malicious cyber actors from targeting Australia

Speaking at a Law Council forum, ACCC chair and former Gilbert + Tobin partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb has outlined a...

22 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Link accepts revised takeover bid from Dye & Durham

The board of Link Administration Holdings (ASX: LNK) has unanimously recommended a revised bid from international...

21 July 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACCC flags competition concerns with Dye & Durham’s proposed acquisition of Link

Given Link Administration Holdings’ almost 43 per cent ownership stake in PEXA, the competition regulator has raised...

17 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACCC files proceedings against Mastercard for anti-competitive behaviour

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has signalled that anti-competitive behaviour by financial...

31 May 2022

By Simon Levett

Global competition regulators must better collaborate

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair has called for international cooperation at the...

06 May 2022

By Shandel McAuliffe

‘More deals than ever before are being abandoned’

Findings from a BigLaw firm suggest that the competition regulator is taking a tougher stance on transactions – a...

08 April 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACCC will face ‘diverse range of policy, regulatory and enforcement challenges’ in 2022

Big tech reforms and a “significant” increase on the emphasis of business compliance are predicted to lead the...

02 March 2022

By Lauren Croft