Amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 have introduced provisions prohibiting cartel conduct, establishing both civil and criminal penalties.
The authorisation and collective bargaining n...
The ACCC immunity policy for cartel conduct was revised in July 2009. This policy provides greater certainty for immunity applicants so that the ACCC is better able to detect and break up hard-core...
This publication is to assist procurement professionals understand cartel behaviour. It considers some steps you might take to maximise competition and save your organisation money, while also disr...
This template is intended to provide information for the International Competition Network (ICN) member competition agencies about each other’s legislation concerning hardcore cartels. At the sam...
A cartel exists when businesses agree to act together instead of competing against one another. This agreement is designed to drive up the profits of cartel members while maintaining the illus...
Where competitors choose to collude rather than compete, a cartel is formed. Raising prices through price fixing, bid rigging, restricting output and market allocation is a silent extortion that un...
