Tag: competition

Tough digital competition regime proposed by Treasury

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia will set broad limits on anticompetitive behaviour by big tech companies under a proposed framework that could impose penalties of up to $50 million, more than two years...

ACCC assesses claims of PEXA’s anticompetitive behaviour

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition watchdog is assessing claims that eConveyancing monopolist PEXA engaged in anti-competitive conduct during efforts that were supposed to make its systems interoperable with competitors. These efforts...

Merger reforms split tech industry groups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia’s tech industry groups are divided on the impact stricter merger laws will have on the incentive to grow innovative startups in Australia and attract venture capital investment. Among...

ACCC uncovers another secret Google search deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s competition watchdog has uncovered another secret deal for Google search engine exclusivity on Android devices, this time with the country’s third biggest telco TPG. TPG has agreed to...

What next for Google after illegal monopoly ruling?

Posted on   |  by Zena Assaad
On Tuesday, a US federal judge ruled Google has violated antitrust laws, the organisation “is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly“. Google disputes...

ACCC to scrutinise Big Tech’s AI sprawl

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Big Tech’s expanding market power through generative artificial intelligence will be scrutinised by the national competition watchdog in the final interim report of its five-year Digital Platform Services inquiry....

Sharma urges govt to drive eConveyancing reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to limit the monopoly of online conveyancing platform PEXA, with Liberal senator Dave Sharma joining calls for the competition watchdog to provide...

NSW calls it: eConveyancing needs ACCC oversight

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The national competition regulator has been urged to monitor the electronic conveyancing market by the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission, as federal assistant minister for competition Andrew Leigh called...