Cartels and your business

This document provides guidance as to how the ACCC will approach its investigation of cartels. It should be read with other relevant ACCC publications, including: the ACCC immunity policy for c...

Recent amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 have introduced new provisions prohibiting cartel conduct, establishing both civil and criminal penalties. The authorisation and collective bargai...

The ACCC is pleased to release its revised policy for the application of immunity in relation to cartel conduct. The policy has been created to provide greater certainty for immunity applicants so ...

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...

A cartel exists if two or more competing businesses agree to fix prices, divide markets, rig bids for tenders or restrict output. Cartel conduct reduces competition in the market and promotes ineff...

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...

Competition is the primary means of ensuring consumers get the best products for the lowest price possible. A cartel occurs when two or more businesses get together and decide not to compete again...

The ACCC’s immunity policy for cartel conduct was released in 2005 and superseded the ACCC’s leniency policy. The original document was updated on 26 June 2009, and the current version can be...

On 24 November 2004 the ACCC released a discussion paper aimed at raising some of the issues faced by the ACCC in the first 18 months of the leniency policy’s operation and seeking comments on ho...

The ACCC released its leniency policy in 2003. The leniency policy was superceded in 2005 by the ACCC immunity policy for cartel conduct. This document is for historical reference only. Impor...