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Committee activities (inquiries and reports)Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission annual report 1995-96The Committee tabled its report Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission annual report 1995-96 in June 1997. Copies of the full report are available in PDF format (90KB) and from the Committee Secretariat. (To view or print the PDF document, you will require the Acrobat PDF Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from Adobe.) Government response to the Committee's report was tabled on 3 March 1998. The Chairman issued a media release on 6 March 1998 commenting on the Government response.
Table of contents of reportFOREWORD MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION Background Functions and powers New environment/ new work Promoting competition, and safeguarding consumers CHAPTER THREE: MERGERS Background Issues and industry/ business response Concentration thresholds Market definition The authorisation process Public benefit Section 87B undertakings Issues and industry/ business comment CHAPTER FOUR: CONCLUSION Mergers Competition and consumer benefits Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes APPENDIX 1: LIST OF SUBMISSIONS APPENDIX 2: LIST OF HEARINGS AND WITNESSES (A copy of the public hearing transcript is available in PDF format) Speeches Tabling speech: Mr D Hawker MP (Chairman), 23 June 1997. |
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