NDIS commission will get compliance action powers to ban providers from market Community & Social Mechanisms will be established to identify and sanction providers who over-charge NDIS participants for support.
Regulators brace for Australia’s energy market volatility June 15, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Australian regulators have warned energy retailers against misleading, deceptive and false conduct that may disadvantage customers.
ACCC vs Big Tech: Round 10 and counting April 4, 2022 By Liam Harding, Elise Bant and Jeannie Paterson Communications & Technology The ‘open textured’ language of section 18 of the Consumer Law makes it highly adaptable when responding to novel tech legal issues as they arise.
ACCC to work with international agencies to tackle anti-competitive conduct by multinational companies September 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has inked a deal to share intelligence, case theories and investigative techniques with competition agencies from four other countries.
US vs EU: antitrust, data, and privacy policy April 23, 2018 By Harley Dennett Economy & Industry Is EU consumer law protections the real champion for the public in smaller nations like Australia? And should United States law be discounted entirely? Catch up as half a dozen Nobel laureates in economics discuss antitrust, data and privacy policy.
Total recall: States offer regulation of burning washing machines to Canberra, ACCC December 13, 2016 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Powers to recall faulty products could be given to Canberra in Australia’s biggest fair trading shake-up.
One consumer law, multiple regulators — how well does it work? July 18, 2016 By Stephen Easton News The Australian Consumer Law is enforced by multiple regulators, with lots of overlapping product safety regimes. Have your say on how well it works from an administrative perspective.
