Specialty Group: Competition and Antitrust

In February 2025 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘ACCC’) released its annual compliance and enforcement priorities for 2025-2026. Recent developments have reflected the ACCC’s priorities and ha ...

Recent example of the ACCC taking action The recent judgement in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Qteq Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 371 has reinforced the ACCC’s commitment to investigating and prosecuting insta ...

The Australian government proposes to make changes to the Australian Consumer Law (‘ACL’) to seek to further protect consumers from unfair trading practices. In November 2024 the government released the Unfair Tradi ...

The new landmark legislation, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024, enacted on 24 May 2024, has substantially strengthened the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) enforcement powers. This le ...