Increased penalties are here, while clock ticks on unfair contract terms
10 November 2022
Substantial increases to maximum penalties for breach of competition and consumer laws
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Judge Casts Doubt on “Uber” Penalty
3 August 2022
A judge has described a proposed agreed penalty as 'excessive' and asked the parties to gather additional evidence to justify the amount
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Peters Ice Cream gets its just desserts
13 April 2022
Peters Ice Cream admits to engaging in exclusive dealing and agrees to the imposition of a $12 million pecuniary penalty.
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Penalty units balloon
26 July 2021
Commonwealth penalty units increased on 1 July 2020 for the first time in three years.
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Don’t “soil” your business: ACCC issues infringement notices in agribusiness sector
12 July 2021
Consistent with its priorities, the ACCC has investigated businesses in the agribusiness sector for allegedly breaching the Horticulture Code.
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Bringing contempt to ACCCount
27 October 2020
The ACCC has demonstrated once again that it will pursue contempt actions in a range of contexts.
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Harper Reforms cross the Tasman Sea – NZ announces major reforms to competition laws
15 July 2020
Major reforms to New Zealand's competition laws are proposed, including an “effects test” for abuse of dominance and removal of IP exemptions.
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Yo’ghurta be careful with food labelling! – Queensland Yoghurt fails to disclose gelatine ingredient
2 June 2020
ACCC's focus on food labelling continues. Queensland Yoghurt has paid a penalty following an infringement notice relating to nondisclosure of an ingredient.
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ACCCount Report acccounts for a number of firsts
13 November 2019
Hot off the heels of its Annual Report (which re recently wrote about) the ACCC has published its quarterly ACCCount report for July – September 2019.
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Repeal of the IP exemption: What does this mean for you?
14 March 2019
Licensors and licensees of intellectual property rights need to act now to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.
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