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Issued: 18th November 2011 Release # NR 216/11 Court penalises Queensland construction companies for controlling tender prices The Federal Court in Brisbane has imposed penalties against three Queensland-based construction c... Issued: 2nd November 2011 Release # NR 204/11 ACCC: Breaching the Trade Practices Act has never been more costly "Business is on notice – the ACCC will be pursuing tougher penalties for anti-competitive behav... Issued: 25th February 2010 Release # NR 028/10 $1 Million penalty for defence cartel The Federal Court has made orders by consent against American-based company, DRS C3 Systems for c... Issued: 8th February 2010 Release # NR 015/10 Never a better time to stop cartel conduct: ACCC The ACCC today issued guidelines on how it will approach its investigation of cartels following a... Issued: 14th July 2009 Release # NR 166/09 ACCC warns of gaol for cartel conduct Serious cartel conduct will after July 24 be viewed by the ACCC as criminal and will consequently... Issued: 9th July 2009 Release # NR 162/09 ACCC institutes proceedings against DRS C3 Systems The ACCC has instituted proceedings against American-based company, DRS C3 Systems, for alleged c... Issued: 22nd June 2009 Release # NR 143/09 ACCC and CDPP outline arrangements for cartel conduct immunity Joint News Release: In response to the Government's proposal to amend the Trade Practices Act 197... Issued: 1st December 2008 Release # NR 338/08 ACCC begins criminal prosecution against Richard Pratt for allegedly providing false or misleading evidence The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun criminal proceedings in the Federal ... Issued: 20th June 2008 Release # MR 171/08 CFMEU, David Noonan and Laslo Lancsar The Federal Court of Australia today dismissed an application by the Australian Competition and C... Issued: 16th May 2008 Release # NR 130/08 ACCC powers upheld The Federal Court today dismissed an application by Korean Air Lines Co Ltd challenging a statuto... Issued: 15th May 2008 Release # MR 128/08 Victorian abalone quota holders penalised over cartel Penalties totalling $927,500 have been imposed on individuals and companies involved in a Victori... Issued: 26th November 2007 Release # MR 318/07 ACCC welcomes record penalties against Visy: Calls for stronger cartel law A record penalty of $36 million was ordered today against Visy Board Pty Ltd and its director and... Issued: 2nd November 2007 Release # MR 302/07 $9.1 million penalties for bid-rig, price-fix cartels Penalties of more than $9.1 million have been imposed on 11 companies and 18 individuals for a se... Issued: 26th July 2007 Release # MR 191/07 $1.525 million penalties against garnet producers for market sharing arrangement Barton Mines Corporation and Barton International Inc, two US companies operating in Australia, h... Issued: 22nd September 2006 Release # MR 224/06 ACCC institutes proceedings against FCHEM (Aust) Limited, Osmose Australia Pty Ltd and Edward Mark Greenacre for alleged price-fix The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Cour... Issued: 2nd August 2006 Release # MR 170/06 ACCC discontinues proceedings against global vitamin C cartel The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has discontinued its proceedings in the Federa... Issued: 18th July 2006 Release # MR 156/06 ACCC launches consumer guide to cartel conduct A consumer guide to cartel conduct was launched by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission... Issued: 17th March 2006 Release # MR 060/06 ACCC issues cartels publication for small business at COSBOA conference A guide for small business about identifying and avoiding involvement in, or being a victim of, c... Issued: 22nd February 2006 Release # MR 035/06 Proceedings instituted against Visy group, senior executives for alleged cartel in the corrugated fibreboard container market The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Cour... Issued: 21st December 2005 Release # MR 327/05 Federal Court declares WA commercial air conditioning companies engaged in cartel conduct The Federal Court in Perth has declared by consent that Admiral Mechanical Services Pty Ltd, Dire... Issued: 8th September 2005 Release # MR 223/05 Revised 'first-in' immunity policy for cartel conduct The revised 'first-in' Immunity Policy for Cartel Conduct has been issued by the Australian Compe... Issued: 26th August 2005 Release # MR 210/05 ACCC alleges timber merchants' price-fixing cartel The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Cour... Issued: 18th August 2005 Release # MR 201/05 Information package raises awareness of cartel conduct An information package to raise awareness of the signs of possible cartel behaviour affecting gov... Issued: 4th July 2005 Release # MR 173/05 Cartels: what business needs to know A business guide to avoiding becoming involved in, or a victim of, cartel behaviour has been laun... Issued: 29th April 2005 Release # MR 103/05 Federal Court finds petrol price-fixing cartel A petrol price-fixing cartel had existed amongst petroleum distributors and retailers in the Ball... Issued: 17th December 2004 Release # MR 290/04 $485,000 penalties for NSW scrap metal bid-rigging cartel Five companies and nine individuals have been penalised a total of $485,000 for cartel behaviour ... Issued: 9th December 2004 Release # MR 273/04 ACCC further steps up fight against Cartels The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has further stepped up its fight against carte... Issued: 24th November 2004 Release # MR 263/04 Busting cartels – an international priority International cartel investigators have convened in Sydney for the International Competition Netw... Issued: 23rd November 2004 Release # MR 261/04 Cracking cartels - ACCC enforcement conference The world's leading enforcement regulators will come together in Sydney in November to take part ... Issued: 16th August 2004 Release # MR 157/04 ACCC Transformer Cartel bust: Record $35 million penalties Penalties of $14 million were ordered today against ABB Power Transmission Pty Ltd (in liquidatio... Issued: 7th April 2004 Release # MR 057/04 ACCC discontinues proceedings alleging resale price maintenance Following a review of the evidence available to it, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commi... Issued: 20th November 2003 Release # MR 243/03 ACCC alleges price-fixing petrol Cartel The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted court proceedings against eight... Issued: 11th November 2003 Release # MR 236/03 ACCC launches leniency policy to expose hard core cartels in Australia The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued a leniency policy aimed at exposi... Issued: 27th June 2003 Release # MR 133/03 Dawson Report – preliminary response: criminal sanctions major step forward for competition policy The Dawson Committee recommendation that criminal sanctions be introduced for hard core cartel ac... Issued: 16th April 2003 Release # MR 074/03 ACCC files proceedings against global vitamin C cartel The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Cour... Issued: 7th February 2003 Release # MR 022/02 Draft leniency policy to break hard core cartels issued The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued a draft leniency policy aimed at ... Issued: 4th July 2002 Release # MR 166/02 ACCC asks whistleblower to call in The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is placing advertisements in certain newspaper... Issued: 7th June 2002 Release # MR 143/02 Court gives reasons for penalties for collusion The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has welcomed comments by Justice Finkelstein i... Issued: 6th May 2002 Release # MR 107/02 Federal Court orders $14.5 Million penalties against cartel participants, and orders major penalties for managing directors Nearly $15 million in penalties were ordered today against Schneider Electric (Australia), Wilson... Issued: 3rd May 2002 Release # MR 104/02 European Commission fines vitamin cartels – Australian implications Following Australian Competition and Consumer Commission court action, the Federal Court last Mar... Issued: 22nd November 2001 Release # MR 289/01 Federal Court imposes record $26M penalties against vitamin suppliers Justice Lindgren in the Federal Court, Sydney, today imposed record recommended penalties totalli... Issued: 1st March 2001 Release # MR 037/01 Final penalties and costs awarded in Queensland fire protection industry cartel brings total to over $15M The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today concluded court proceedings against the ... Issued: 28th February 2001 Release # MR 036/01 Global cartels on rise: increased vigilance required Competition regulators have increased their vigilance against international cartels as globalisat... Issued: 15th December 2000 Release # MR 352/00 Court hearing on vitamins price-fix case: ACCC seeks record $26M penalty against international vitamin suppliers Justice Lindgren in the Federal Court, Sydney, today considered a proposed settlement of proceedi... Issued: 5th December 2000 Release # MR 338/00 Vitamin Cartel 'Offshore Conspiracy' The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission emphasised today that the international vitami... Issued: 17th April 2000 Release # MR 069/00 Another $1 million in penalties and costs for Qld fire protection cartel Today the Federal Court, Brisbane imposed penalties and costs of over a million dollars on a furt... Issued: 23rd March 2000 Release # MR 048/00 ACCC to investigate any Australian link to vitamins price-fix The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate any Australian link in the wo... Issued: 21st May 1999 Release # MR 070/99 Gobal enforcement Co-Operation Australia and the United States have signed an agreement that will allow the two countries' anti-... Issued: 28th April 1999 Release # MR 047/99 49 news releases. Printer friendly version Key publications Cartels: What you need to know: A guide for business Published: 15th October 2009 More publications A-Z of publications Notify me... Email me if this page and sub-pages are updated About this service

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