The ACCC, CMA and Bundeskartellampt published an official joint statement about effective merger control

Stephen King, ‘Our corporate cops allowed Facebook to grow big by worrying about the wrong thing’ (The Conversation, 9 February 2021)

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.

Andrew Eastwood has an item in today’s AFR discussing the future for regulatory enforcement in Australia.

Clancy Yates has an opinion piece in today’s SMH discussing how anti-competitive action can help fight virus war.

The ACCC has established a COVID-19 Taskforce which is speaking to business “about their obligations in relation to cancellations, refunds and suspension of services as a result of COVID-19,” among other things.

The ACCC has released a discussion paper focusing on agriculture machinery aftermarkets.

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

My article on Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry is now in podcast form …

Katharine Kemp and Rob Nicholls have a piece in today’s The Conversation discussing the federal government’s response to the recommendations made by the ACCC in its Digital Platforms Inquiry.

The Australian Government has released its much anticipated response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry.

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 Chair, Rod Sims, has defended the ACCC’s proposal to amend the merger provision in the Competition and Consumer Act to require certain additional factors to be taken into account when assessing the likely competitive impact of mergers.

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).