Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Competition regulation agency of the Australian Government

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Commission overview
Formed| 1995 (1995)[1]
Preceding agencies|

* Australian Trade Practices Commission
* Prices Surveillance Authority

Jurisdiction| Australia
Headquarters| 23 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra[2]
Employees| 1,486 (2022–23)[3]
Annual budget| $3.3 million (2024–25)[4]
Minister responsible|

* Jim Chalmers, Treasurer

Commission executives|

* Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair[5]
* Delia Rickard, Deputy Chair[5]
* Mick Keogh, Deputy Chair[5]
* Stephen Ridgeway, Commissioner[5]
* Anna Brakey, Commissioner[5]
* Peter Crone, Commissioner[5]
* Liza Carver, Commissioner[5]

Parent department| Treasury
Child agencies|

* Australian Energy Regulator
* National Anti-Scam Centre

Key document|

* Competition and Consumer Act 2010

Website| accc.gov.au

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974, which was renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 on 1 January 2011. The ACCC's mandate is to protect consumer rights and business rights and obligations, to perform industry regulation and price monitoring, and to prevent illegal anti-competitive behaviour.

## Historical origins

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The ACCC's deeper origins are found in the Restrictive Trade Practices Act of Sir Garfield Barwick, Attorney-General in the Liberal Government of Sir Robert Menzies in 1965.[6] Opponents derided Barwick's Trade Practices Act 1965 as "ineffectual".

> (The Act) did not declare any practices illegal ipso facto, but only did so after detailed investigation by the Trade Practices Commissioner. There were so many restrictive practices reported to the Commissioner, and the investigations were so prolonged, that one cynic remarked that at the (then) current rate of progress, it would take a hundred years to examine them all![7]

Though recognised as a failure, Barwick's legislation established in Australian law "the principle of legislative coverage of trade practices". The area badly needed reform. Lionel Murphy, the Attorney-General in the Whitlam Labor Government, solicited the advice of the economist and business commentator, Professor Ted Wheelwright. In April 1973, Wheelwright produced a report for Murphy which became the blueprint of new legislation. He recommended, among other things, that the Act be clearly focused on protecting the consumer.[7]

Senator, Attorney-General and High Court Justice Lionel Murphy

Murphy is acknowledged as having completely changed the previous approach regarding trade practices in Australia. For the first time in Australian federal law, his Trade Practices Bill, which was passed on 6 August 1974, introduced offences related to monopolisation, exclusive dealing, price discrimination, resale price maintenance, restraints of trade by agreement, anti-competitive mergers, misleading advertising, coercive sales conduct, pyramid selling, and the sale of unsolicited goods.[6]: p.205

Though the Act included substantial penalties, Murphy's initiative received very little opposition in the Parliament or the business community.[6]: p.205

## Roles

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The ACCC administers the Competition and Consumer Act, and has standing to take action in the Federal Court of Australia to enforce its provision.[8] The Competition and Consumer Act contains a broad range of provisions, such as provisions on anti-competitive conduct, the Australian Consumer Law and regulation of telecommunications and energy industries.[9] The ACCC, under the Act, also regulates certain industries by providing access to national infrastructure. The ACCC also has an educative role and seeks to educate both consumers and businesses as to their rights and responsibilities under the Act.[10]

The Australian Energy Regulator is a constituent but separate part of the ACCC and is responsible for economic energy regulation. It shares staff and premises with the ACCC, but has a separate board, although at least one board member must also be a Commissioner at the ACCC.

## Restrictive trade practices

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In most cases the spirit of the Act, and thus the actions of the ACCC, favours neither consumer nor supplier, but strives to achieve a competitive market without artificial restrictions. For example, refusal to deal – a producer refusing to supply a potential retailer or customer with a product – is not itself illegal unless the action would have an anti-competitive effect on the market as a whole.[11]

## Penalties

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The ACCC brings court action against companies that breach the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, which can result in the application of fines and other penalties.[9]

The maximum fine for a corporation is calculated as the larger of: $50,000,000; or three times the value of the illegal benefit; or (if the value of the benefit cannot be ascertained) 30% of turnover for the preceding 12 months.[12] Individuals may be fined up to $2,500,000 under the Competition and Consumer Act for offences such as price fixing or participation in a cartel.[12][13]

The ACCC also has power to accept, on its own behalf, court enforceable undertakings under section 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act. Such undertakings may include a wide range of remedies to the conduct.[14]

A range of other remedies can be ordered by the court. For example, companies are frequently forced to publish retractions of false advertising claims in national newspapers and at their places of business. Companies found in breach of the CCA are usually bound to implement a compliance program to ensure future compliance with the Act.[15]

## Consumer confidence

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In regard to its role of safeguarding consumer rights, there has been occasional criticism of the ACCC for being "all-talk-no-action".[16] This criticism is most likely due to the inherent difficulty in obtaining sufficient evidence to prove breaches of the restrictive trade practices provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.[17][18]

The ACCC has exercised its authority in a number of retail areas, including fining retailer Target for false advertising[19] and Woolworths (including some Safeway-branded supermarkets in Victoria) for anti-competitive liquor deals.[20]

In 2008, the ACCC published findings of its inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for groceries in Australia. The report found that the Australian supermarket sector is "workably competitive", but price competition is limited by barriers to entry and a lack of incentive for the two major players, Coles and Woolworths, to compete on price. The report also noted that Coles and Woolworths engage in deliberate strategies designed to ensure they maintain exclusive access to prime sites such as shopping centres to prevent centre managers leasing space to competing supermarkets.[21][22]

In September 2009, the ACCC reached agreement with Coles and Woolworths to phase out restrictive lease agreements.[23] The ACCC has enforced the law against producers of quack devices with medical claims like Power Balance.[24] It won a case on 24 March 2016 against Valve for failing to provide refunds for faulty products, and making representations that domestic consumer guarantees did not apply to purchases using the Steam client.[25][26][27]

## Product safety and recalls

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The ACCC maintains a website listing all Australian product recalls. The following organisations are commissioned to assist with the surveillance and monitoring of product safety in relevant areas:[28][29]

* Food products – Food Standards Australia New Zealand
* Motor vehicles – Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)
* Therapeutic goods – Therapeutic Goods Administration
* Agricultural and veterinary products – Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
* Electrical goods – Australian Electrical Equipment Safety Regulators
* Gas and appliance – Gas Technical Regulators Committee Australia New Zealand

The ACCC, in conjunction with state and territory offices of fair trading, is responsible for developing and enforcing mandatory consumer product safety standards except where the product falls into the jurisdiction of one of the specialist regulators mentioned above

## News Media Bargaining Code

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This section is an excerpt from News Media Bargaining Code.[edit]

The News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC, or News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code)[30] is a law designed to have large technology platforms that operate in Australia pay local news publishers for the news content made available or linked on their platforms. The law's definition of news is broad,[31] including "content that reports, investigates or explains ... current issues or events of public significance for Australians at a local, regional or national level."[30]: 3 Originating in April 2020, when the Australian Government asked the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to begin drafting it, it achieved broad support in the Australian Parliament but staunch opposition from Facebook and Google.[32][33]

* the news providers can directly negotiate agreements with the platforms;
* if negotiations are unsuccessful, the Treasurer of Australia can "designate" the platform, imposing mandatory fees.

## See also

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* Economy of Australia
* Australian Consumers' Association
* List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
* Two-price advertising § Australia

General:

* Competition law
* Competition policy
* Competition regulator
* Consumer protection

## References

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1. ^ "About the ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
2. ^ "Contact the ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
3. ^ Gina, Cass-Gottlieb; Savage, Clare; Lewis, Clea (6 September 2023). Annual Report 2022–23 (PDF). Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Report). p. 263\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
4. ^ The Honourable Jim Chalmers MP; Senator the Honourable Katy Gallagher (14 May 2024). "Budget 2024–25 Budget Measures" (PDF). The Commonwealth of Australia. No. 2\. p. 178\. ISSN 1326-4133. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
5. ^ a b c d e f g "ACCC Chair and Commissioners". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
6. ^ a b c Hocking, Jenny, Lionel Murphy: a political biography, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000 ISBN 0 521 79485 4. p.204
7. ^ a b Wheelwright E.L.,The Political Economy of Lionel Murphy, Venturini V.G (editor), in Five Voices for Lionel, Federation Press, Annandale NSW, 1994, ISBN 1-86287-149-3. pp. 1–22
8. ^ Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 6a
9. ^ a b Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 2
10. ^ "About the ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
11. ^ Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 45db
12. ^ a b "Fines and penalties". Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024 - via The Commonwealth of Australia.
13. ^ "Cartels". Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Price fixing. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024 - via The Commonwealth of Australia.
14. ^ Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 87b
15. ^ "Implementing a business compliance program". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 9 September 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
16. ^ Richards, Carol; Lawrence, Geoffrey; Loong, Mark; Burch, David (June 2012). "A toothless chihuahua? The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, neoliberalism and supermarket power in Australia". Rural Society. 21 (3): 250–263\. doi:10.5172/rsj.2012.21.3.250. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
17. ^ Danckert, Sarah (5 November 2021). "Iron Rod: Why the ACCC's top dog isn't for turning". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
18. ^ Hyland, Anne (10 May 2024). "The force behind competition queen Gina Cass-Gottlieb". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
19. ^ "Target Australia Pty Ltd". ACCC. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
20. ^ "Woolworths penalised $7 million for anticompetitive liquor deals". ACCC. 22 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
21. ^ "Report of the ACCC inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for standard groceries". ACCC. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
22. ^ Woolrich, Neal (19 May 2008). "Woolworths defends right to object against rivals". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
23. ^ "Woolworths and Coles agree to get rid of restrictive leases". Australian Food News. 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
24. ^ Georgina Robinson (23 December 2010). "Power Balance bracelets exposed as a sham". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
25. ^ Wilkins, Georgia (29 March 2016). "Online games giant Valve found to have breached Australian consumer law". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
26. ^ "ACCC chalks up court win against Valve Software". computerworld.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
27. ^ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Valve Corporation (No 3) [2016] FCA 196 (24 March 2016), Federal Court (Australia).
28. ^ "Product Recalls Australia – Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
29. ^ Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (18 September 2024). "The product safety system". www.productsafety.gov.au. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
30. ^ a b Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Act 2021 (Cth)
31. ^ "Understanding Facebook's News Ban in Australia, and What it Means for the Platform Moving Forward". Google Partner Team. 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
32. ^ Barbaschow, Asha (10 December 2020). "Media Bargaining Code enters Parliament despite Google and Facebook's best efforts". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
33. ^ "News media bargaining code". Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

## External links

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* Official ACCC website
* Official AER website
* Product Safety Australia website (maintained by ACCC)
* Recalls website (maintained by ACCC)

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Business institutions, stock exchanges, and associations in Australia

Institutions|

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* Australian Securities Exchange
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* Australian Defence Force Investigative Service
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Defunct agencies|

* Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
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Central bank|

* Reserve Bank of Australia

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| Majors (Big Four)|

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Defunct|

* Volt Bank
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* Aussie
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Other Financial Institutions|

* Cuscal
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* ANEC
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* Konsumentenbund
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* Foodwatch
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* ICRT
* Labdoor
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* Stiftung Warentest
* StopBadware
* Swedish Consumers' Association
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* Test Achats
* Truth in Advertising
* UFC-Que Choisir

Magazines|

* Akher Saa
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* dTest
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* Spendere Meglio
* Stiftung Warentest
* Which?

Television|

* The Checkout
* Don't Get Done, Get Dom
* Fair Go
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* Fight Back! with David Horowitz
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* Gruen
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* Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
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Lists|

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* List of food labeling regulations
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* Transparency (market)

People|

* Pamela Gilbert
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* Ted Halstead
* Arshad Hasan
* Tom Hucker
* Jim Jontz
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* Florence Kelley
* James Love
* Ralph Nader
* Anthony Pollina
* Phil Radford
* Joyce Elaine Roop
* Donald Kemp Ross
* Gene Russianoff
* Celeste Thorson
* Michael Vernon

Governmental
entities|

* Banking Standards Board
* Bureau of Consumer Protection
* Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
* European Consumer Centres Network
* Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
* Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
* INDEPABIS
* National Homelessness Advice Service
* Office of Fair Trading
* Office for Fair Trading (Malta)
* Office for Fair Trading (Isle of Man)
* Pension Wise
* Water Industry Commission for Scotland
* Witness Service

Current
competition
regulators|

* Administrative Council for Economic Defense
* Anti-Monopoly Committee
* Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
* Autoridade da Concorrência
* Autorité de la concurrence
* Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica
* Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia
* Commerce Commission
* Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
* Competition and Markets Authority
* Competition Appeal Tribunal
* Competition Bureau
* Competition Commission
* Competition Commission
* Competition Commission
* Competition and Consumer Commission
* Directorate-General for Competition
* Fair Trade Commission
* Fair Trade Commission
* Fair Trade Commission
* Federal Antimonopoly Service
* Federal Cartel Office
* Federal Trade Commission
* Financial Markets Authority
* International Competition Network
* International Financial Services Commission
* Italian Competition Authority
* Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority
* Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
* Netherlands Competition Authority
* Norwegian Competition Authority
* Philippine Competition Commission
* Queensland Competition Authority
* Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
* United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Historic
competition
regulators|

* Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities
* Industrial Commission
* National Board for Prices and Incomes
* Securities Commission of New Zealand

Public Interest
Research Group
(PIRG)|

* Alaska PIRG
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* Bioscience Resource Project
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