2019: the year of consumer rights and corporate penalties
27 February 2019
Rod Sims has unveiled the ACCC's 2019 enforcement policy and priorities.
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penalties
Rotten Otton hit with highest ever ACL penalty
20 November 2018
Federal Court issues a record $18 million penalty for We Buy Houses Pty Ltd and its principal
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Just a numbers game: OECD finds penalties too low
31 March 2018
ACCC resolves to re-think its approach to penalties based on OECD report finding that average Australian penalties are substantially lower than those imposed in comparable OECD jurisdictions for breaches of competition law
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Cementing a new record – Federal Court imposes highest ever $1 million penalty for construction industry secondary boycotts
8 March 2018
The ACCC’s priority focus on anti-competitive behaviour in the commercial construction sector lays solid foundations for 2018
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Fair warnings from February: Priorities, Penalties and Powers!
7 March 2018
February was a frenetic month: the ACCC released its 2018 priorities, two Bills on the ACL were released and the Productivity Commission released its draft report on competition in the Australian Financial System.
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Large fines to Red Balloon proof that ban on excessive surcharges isn’t all hot air
11 January 2018
How amendments to the regulation of excessive surcharges will affect both businesses and consumers in Australia
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Voltaren feeling the burn as advertising inflames the ACCC
10 January 2018
The consumer regulator is once again cracking down on products that claim to provide ‘targeted pain relief’
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Ministers agree – penalties to go up and minor changes to be made to the ACL
7 September 2017
It seems that Fair Trading/Consumer Affairs Ministers across the country have put aside their political differences to reach agreement on recommended changes to the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
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Not the result Google was searching for following expensive EC shopping spree
3 July 2017
The European Commission has fined Google EUR 2.42 billion - the largest ever levied against a single company for an EU antitrust violation
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2017 Federal Budget: No lack of jobs for ACCC and ACL grows more teeth
10 May 2017
The Budget gives the ACCC new funds for new jobs, hikes ACL penalties for and introduces measures for more competitive and fairer energy and banking sectors
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