Competing Interests: is there balance? Review of the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission Annual Report 1999-2000
The Committee tabled its report Competing Interests: is there balance?
Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Annual Report
1999-2000 on 24 September 2001. Copies of the full report are available
in PDF format (202KB) or from the Committee
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Submissions
Transcripts of public hearings
Media releases
Government response: No response to required
Table of contents of report: Competing Interests: is there balance?
Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Annual Report
1999-2000
FRONT SECTION (PDF format 35KB)
(This document contains the sections of the report from the Foreword to
the List of Abbreviations)
FOREWORD
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE
TERMS OF REFERENCE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- CHAPTER 1 –
INTRODUCTION (PDF format 28KB)
Background
- Ongoing concerns with the ACCC's role
- Continuing the watch on the watchdog: The review
- Structure of the report
- CHAPTER 2 –
ACCC'S ROLE IN PREVENTING ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR (PDF format 55KB)
Background
- Mergers
- ACCC approach to mergers
- Criticism of ACCC approach
- Case studies
- Cartels
- Authorisation
- Case studies
- Assistance to rural medical services
- Protection of small business
- Case studies
- Legislative changes
- CHAPTER 3
– PRICES OVERSIGHT (PDF format 45KB)
Background
- Current prices oversight powers of the ACCC
- Prices Surveillance Act 1983
- Declarations and the price notification process
- Inquiries into pricing
- Price monitoring
- Trade Practices Act 1974
- Part IIIA - The access regime
- Part VB - Price exploitation in relation to NTS
- Informal price monitoring
- Petroleum products
- Bank fees and charges
- Proposed changes to PS Act
- CHAPTER 4 –
ENFORCEMENT ISSUES (PDF format 56KB)
Allegations of 'arm twisting' by the ACCC
- Telecommunications
- Price exploitation
- Did the ACCC overstate its powers?
- The 10 per cent rule
- ACCC's arguments for stronger trade practices laws
- The effects test
- Cease and desist power
- Imprisonment
- Splitting the ACCC
- ACCC's performance overall
APPENDIX A - LIST OF SUBMISSIONS (PDF
format 9KB)
APPENDIX B - LIST OF EXHIBITS (PDF format
10KB)
APPENDIX C - LIST OF HEARINGS AND WITNESSES
(PDF format 11KB)
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