Professions and competition

In October 2002 the Prime Minister announced that the ACCC would monitor medical indemnity premiums to assess whether they are actuarially and commercially justified. This is the second of thr...

This ACCC Info kit for the medical profession provides simple and straightforward guidance to help doctors comply with the Trade Practices Act. Important notice Please see the attached important ...

This is the second of four ACCC monitoring reports. This report updates a subset of information in the first report by including an additional six months of data from insurers and examines costs an...

The health sector, including professional providers, professional associations, health funds and private hospitals, is not immune from the Trade Practices Act. ACCC Update takes a look at what the ...

This report aims to provide the ACCC with an evaluation of the 1999 Report of the AMWAC Orthopaedic Surgery Workforce Working Party, which assesses the adequacy of the current size of the...

This report presents recommendations on procedures and methods that should be used by AMWAC (Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee) in undertaking reviews of medical workforce groups. The...

This publication summarises the guide to the Trade Practices Act for advertising and promoting of medical and health services. The medical and health sectors are characterised by a marked disparity...

The medical and health sectors are characterised by a marked disparity in the amount of information available to consumers and to service providers. Individual practitioners, professional associati...

Joint conference on competition law and the professions. Published proceedings $15, audio tapes $20.

This guideline aims to help health sector professionals identify their rights and obligations under the provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 following the enactment of the Competition Policy ...

This is a joint review by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Workforce Officials Committee (AHWOC). It examines issues of mutual concern to specialist medical col...

In October 2002 the Prime Minister announced that the ACCC would monitor medical indemnity premiums to assess whether they are actuarially and commercially justified. This is the first of three mon...

This report examines insurance premiums set by the five current suppliers of medical indemnity insurance for private medical practitioners to assess whether they are actuarially and comme...

On 22 January 2008 the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs requested the ACCC to hold a public inquiry into the competitiveness of retail prices for ...