ACCC ejournal

This periodical has been archived. It has been made available for reference use and should not be considered to reflect current policy or guidance.

The following links to content on the ACCC website will take you to information previously published in the ejournal.

ACCCount—a quarterly publication reporting on activities of the ACCC and the Australian Energy Regulator.

ACCC annual reports—the yearly report of activities of the ACCC and the Australian Energy Regulator.

ACCC update—a quarterly magazine that examines the broad range of issues the ACCC deals with, from regulation to consumer protection and small business. Each issue runs in‑depth stories on current priority areas for the ACCC.

Australian Energy Regulator (part of the ACCC)—regulates the wholesale electricity market and is responsible for the economic regulation of the electricity transmission and distribution networks in the national electricity market. The AER is also responsible for the economic regulation of gas transmission and distribution networks and enforcing the national gas law and national gas rules in all jurisdictions except Western Australia.

Consumer and business directory—allows you to search for the contact details of over 1600 private, community and government organisations offering consumer and business complaint-handling services (including industry associations, businesses, government agencies and independent mediation services).

Media centre—contains all ACCC news releases, speeches, events and conferences, along with photographs and biographies of the ACCC Chairman and commissioners.

Product Safety Recalls Australia—contains information about Australian product safety recalls.

Public registers—under the Trade Practices Act 1974 the ACCC must create and maintain public registers to ensure that its decision-making processes are transparent and accountable. The ACCC also maintains several voluntary public registers because it considers that information should be available to the public.

Regulated industries—the ACCC and the AER have responsibilities in the following areas: communications, fertilisers, wheat export, petrol and other fuels, rail, water, postal services, waterfront and shipping, Utility Regulators Forum, insurance, electricity, aviation and airports, gas, multi-industry documents and submissions.

SCAMwatch—helps you recognise scams, protect yourself from them and report them to the ACCC. The SCAMwatch website is owned and maintained by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; it is also the campaign portal for the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce.