Posts tagged "accc"

The ACCC alleges Meta failed to take sufficient steps to stop displaying scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook in 2019, even after receiving complaints.

Four national regulators have joined to establish the Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG) to support a more unified approach to regulation.

The ACCC is targeting the payment giants and least cost routing as key enforcement priorities, along with other issues affecting SMEs.

The long-awaited reforms mean big businesses will face penalties for unfair terms in contracts with small business suppliers.

Australia’s competition watchdog is considering a new regulatory framework to combat the dominance of big digital platforms.

Emerging vitamin brand Life Botanics has taken aim at wellness giant JS Vitamins in a social media post that has received considerable backlash from the company and its loyal consumers.

Outgoing ACCC chief Rod Sims used his farewell speech to the National Press Club to single out the need for better laws to help small business and merger controls.

Australia’s competition regulator is teaming up with counterparts across the “five eyes” nations to prevent anti-competitive conduct in global supply chains.

US FTC chief Lina Khan has stressed the need to consider mergers from a wider context to assess their impact on small business, workers and consumers, rather than just short-term prices.

Outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims' competition policy recommendations are similar to reforms tabled in the US, but the views of his successor are not yet known.

The ACCC says customers are still paying between $20 and $30 per test, despite the average wholesale price coming in somewhere between $3.82 and $11.42 per test.

Behind the cacophony of noise from the pharmacy sector in recent days, the reality is the pandemic has been very good for chemists.