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Remarks focused on the ACCC’s current priorities and its regulatory tools and approach to pursuing those priorities.

ACCC Chair opening address to LCA Annual Competition and Consumer workshop

Speech by ACCC chair on priorities in relation to financial services sector

In his final address to the National Press Club as ACCC Chair, Rod Sims has focused on what is needed to improve prosperity and ‘restore faith in the market economy’.

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, kicks off debate on merger reform.

‘Privatise for efficiency, or not at all’

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, has spoken to the National Press Club on ‘Tackling Market Power in the Covid-19 Era’.

Professor Michal Gal delivered the 11th annual Baxt Lecture, 'Radical restorative remedies for digital markets'. The Commentator was ACCC Commissioner Sarah Court.

Rod Sims, Competition issues in infrastructure and changes since COVID-19 (speech)

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, made a speech to the Australian-Israel Chamber of Commerce (WA) yesterday, addressing (in part) concerns about the ‘growing economic power and influence of the digital platforms’, observing that regulators must keep pace with their development.

Speaking in a webcast with the AFR, ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, said that the ACCC was working with businesses to authorise cooperation to support the community during the current crisis, but that competition has a critical role to play post COVID-19.

Bannerman lecture delivered this evening by Isabelle de Silva, President, French Competition Authority, ahead of the ICN Merger Workshop later this week.

In his annual speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) speech, ACCC Chair Rod Sims set out the ACCC enforcement priorities for 2020.

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, has spoken at the RBB Economics Forum, calling for greater recognition of the ‘economic costs of allowing anti-competitive mergers. He also spoke about improving the effectiveness of consumer laws.

In a speech to the Consumer Policy Research Conference, ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, warned that the acquisition of smaller rivals by digital platforms may threaten consumer choice and privacy.

The 10th Annual Baxt lecturer was held on Tuesday 15 October 2019

The keynote speaker was Prof Christopher Yoo, speaking on ‘Competition Law and “Big Data”: what Does it Mean for Data to Be “Big”?’ This was followed by a panel discussion on the consumer data right.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, has addressed the Australasian Transport Research Forum today, speaking on a range of subject issues.

See ACCC, 'The dangers of monopolists without constraint' (Media release, 30 September 2019) and Rod Sims, 'ACCC perspectives on transport issues' (address at the Australasian Transport Research Forum, 30 September 2019).

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, has delivered his annual address to the Law Council of Australia’s (Competition and Consumer Committee) Workshop in Melbourne.

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, delivered an address to the Melbourne Press Club about the Digital Platforms Inquiry. The focus is, naturally enough, recommendations relating to media, but it includes some broader discussion about the core recommendations and about ongoing investigations into Facebook and Google.