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Readings lists can be found following the links below
The Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2.0: Is the New Concerted Practices Prohibition an Effective Patch to Address Algorithmic Collusion?
Baskaran Balasingham, ‘The Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2.0: Is the New Concerted Practices Prohibition an Effective Patch to Address Algorithmic Collusion?’ (Competition Policy International, Antitrust Chronicle, 13 July 2020)
When Code is Law: Bargains Between News Publishers and Platforms
Rob Nicholls, ‘When Code is Law: Bargains Between News Publishers and Platforms’ (CPI News, 5 July 2020)
To Bar Order, or Not to Bar Order: Facilitating Settlement in Australian Anti-Cartel Class Actions
Bethany Moore, ‘To Bar Order, or Not to Bar Order: Facilitating Settlement in Australian Anti-Cartel Class Actions’ (2020) 48(1) Australian Business Law Review 27
Competition law in times of crisis—tackling the COVID-19 challenge …
Rod Sims, ‘Competition law in times of crisis—tackling the COVID-19 challenge: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’ (2020) 8 Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 264-266
Some Unresolved Aspects of The Australian Competition Approach to COVID-19
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”), like every other competition authority around the world, finds itself in uncharted waters and somewhat between a rock and a hard place insofar as any of them have sometimes elevated competition dogma over competing economic policies of State.
Managing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on consumers and business
Rod Sims, Gartner CEO Forum, 8 April 2020
Our priorities in the telecommunications sector during this crisis
Rod Sims, speech at CommsDay Summit 2020 (6 April)
Competition in “Lockdown” After the Attack of COVID-19 in Australia
Jessica Apel and Barbora Jedlickova, ‘Competition in “Lockdown” After the Attack of COVID-19 in Australia’ (CPI News, 6 April 2020)
The Repeal of Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act: A Mistake in Need of Correction
Arlen Duke, ‘The Repeal of Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act: A Mistake in Need of Correction’ (2020) 43(1) UNSW Law Journal 250
Bid rigging and the joint venture defence: New horizons after Cascade Coal
Rahul Arora and Jessie Zhang, ‘Bid rigging and the joint venture defence: New horizons after Cascade Coal’ (2020) 28 AJCCL 47
AP Eagers Limited's Merger Authorisation
Yuki Sugawa, ‘AP Eagers Limited’s Merger Authorisation’ (2020) 28 AJCCL 36
Will competition survive the current crisis?
Rod Sims, Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth Summit Crisis Briefing (30 March 2020)
Dealing with Multi-sided Platforms and the Digital Economy
Rod Sims, ‘Dealing with Multi-sided Platforms and the Digital Economy‘ (2020) 28 Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 6
Poddar: Judge mergers on merit
Dave Poddar, ‘Judge mergers on merit‘ (The Australian, 1 March 2020)
Sims address to ICN Merger Workshop 2020
ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, spoke at the gala dinner for the ICN Merger Workshop on 27 February 2020 discussing three issues: ‘the vital importance of merger control, what agencies can learn from each other, and particular challenges with the many acquisitions in digital markets‘.
ACCC 2020 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities
Rod Sims, ‘ACCC 2020 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities’ (Address delivered at Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA), Sydney, 25 February 2020)
Revoking declaration of the Newcastle Shipping Channel
David Mierendorff and Tarun McCormack, ‘Revoking declaration of the Newcastle Shipping Channel – New Criteria, New Regulation, Newcastle’ (2019) 27(4) Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 263
The Challenge of Applying s 47 of the Competition and Consumer Act in Cases Based on Purpose
Justin Oliver, ‘The Challenge of Applying s 47 of the Competition and Consumer Act in Cases Based on Purpose’ (2019) 27(4) Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 252
Inequality and competition law
Rhonda L Smith and Arlen Duke, ‘Inequality and competition law (2019) 27 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 1
Agents as Competitors? The Implications of ACCC v Flight Centre for Dual Distribution
Andrew McClenehan, ‘Agents as Competitors? The Implications of ACCC v Flight Centre for Dual Distribution’ (2019) 27(4) Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 235