Posts tagged "competition watchdog"

Creeping acquisitions are a key issue for small business, as the best hope of a lucrative payday is often when a big retailer like Woolworths buys them out.

The ACCC has a decidedly mixed record in its criminal cartel cases, with the latest being the Vietnamese money case that saw charges dropped against the only defendant who challenged the proceedings.

Brookfield’s $1.2 billion sale of the Port of Geelong to a range of superannuation funds has collapsed after the ACCC objected to the deal on competition grounds.

Australians could be charged more for their mobile internet if a proposed partnership between Telstra and TPG is approved by the consumer watchdog.

Assistant Treasurer for Competition Andrew Leigh told SmartCompany a new complaints avenue for small business representatives would provide better channels to the ACCC from “trusted representative bodies”.

The federal government has named competition and antitrust litigator Gina Cass-Gottlieb as the incoming chair of the competition regulator.

The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against tech behemoth Google for unlawful monopolisation.