
Australia's core competition law provisions can be found in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. This site provides information and resources relevant to the scope and application of Australia’s competition laws.*
Australian competition law news
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New Book: Ray Steinwall, ‘Competition Law in ASEAN’ (Edward Elgar, Elgar Competition Law and Practice series, April 2025)
LIDC (International League of competition law) releases first two episodes of seven episode podcast exploring “the intersection of competition law with emerging technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence”.
The ACCC has released draft merger process guidance. Consultation will run from 27 March - 28 April 2025.
The ACCC has released draft merger assessment guidelines. Consultation will run from 20 March - 17 April 2025.
The ACCC has released draft merger process guidance. Consultation will run from 27 March - 28 April 2025.
New Book: Julie Clarke, Allan Fels, Brent Fisse, Deborah Healey, Mel Marquis, John E Middleton and Rhonda L Smith (eds), Competition Law and Economics in Australia Volume 1 The Competition Law System: Context, Law, and Economics (Routledge, 2025)
The revised policy increases “transparency and certainty about how the immunity program is administered” and clarifies requirements for applicants.
The ACCC alleges Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd and Ventia Australia Pty Ltd and four senior executives engaged in price fixing relating to estate maintenance and operation services for the Department of Defence.
The ACCC has set out preliminary concerns with Orikan Group’s proposed acquisitions of Duncan Technologies
Treasury launches consultation on proposal paper (Digital Platforms - a proposed new digital competition regime)
Recent judgments
Recent additions to the reading room
Ray Steinwall, ‘Competition Law in ASEAN’ (Elgar Competition Law and Practice series, 2025)
Julie Clarke, Allan Fels, Brent Fisse, Deborah Healey, Mel Marquis, John E Middleton and Rhonda L Smith (eds), Competition Law and Economics in Australia Volume 1 The Competition Law System: Context, Law, and Economics (Routledge, 2025)
The Digital Platform Regulators Forum, 'Examination of technology –Multimodal Foundation Models' (Working Paper 3, 19 August 2024)
Brent Fisse, ‘Australian Cartel Law: Recent Developments – First Set of Two Sets’ (2023) 51(2) Australian Business Law Review 70
Diana Biscoe, Rosie Finlayson, Andrew Christopher, ‘Pay-for-delay Arrangements in the Pharmaceutical Industry: How Will They Be Treated under Australian Competition Law?’ (2023) 31(2) Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 111
Russell Miller AM, ‘Reflections: A Tougher Merger Law for Australia’ (2023) 31(2) Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 155
Key reports
Supermarket sector inquiry (2024-2025)
Senate Standing Committee on Economics (2022-2023)
Competition Policy Review (2023-2025)
Digital platform services inquiry (2020-2025)
Digital Platforms Inquiry (2017-2019)
Please note: this site is in development. It will replace the site previously hosted at australiancompetitionlaw.org. As I transition to the new site many of the links will continue to direct to pages within the old site.
Update: as of Sept 2024 life has intervened to throw me behind in relation to several updates - hope to be back on track by October 2024