This article delves into the key priorities and activities for 2021 that the Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced in February.
Some of these priorities include: monitoring compliance with the new ‘big stick’ energy legislation; continuing to investigate the practices of the digital platforms; progressing the ACCC’s inquiry into digital advertising services; commencing proceedings in two or three cartel cases in 2021; and setting up a regulatory framework for the multi-technology national broadband network (NBN) that permits the most efficient utilization of the public investment in the NBN.
Authors: Melissa Fai, Partner, and Mitch Bennett, Lawyer, Gilbert + Tobin