The following articles were issued by the External Communications team:
June/July edition—National accountant,'Small business challenges' (s. 53C of the Trade Practices Act and scams)
1 July—'Don’t stand for debt harassment', The Northern Territory News
8 July—The Daily Telegraph, 'ACCC rages against call card ring sting' (calling cards)
13 July—The Advertiser, 'Anyone call for a rip-off?' (calling cards); The West Australian, 'Network sites are magnet for scammers' (social network scams); Herald Sun, 'Watch out for the card sharks' (calling cards)
15 July—The Northern Territory News, 'Hold the line on hidden call costs' (calling cards)
22 July—The Australian Financial Review, 'Corporate thieves can expect jail time' (cartels—opinion)
27 July—Siemens News, reprint of cartels opinion from the Australian Financial Review of 22 July 2009
29 July—The Daily Telegraph, 'Standing up to the big bullies on the block' (unconscionable conduct)
Unit pricing: a quick guide—other language versions
This pamphlet provides information to help grocery retailers quickly work out whether they are affected by the unit pricing code. It is now available in Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese.
Published: 29 July 2009
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Each year the ACCC issues a report on its analysis of Australia Post's regulatory accounts for the preceding year, to determine whether Australia Post has used revenue from its reserved services to cross-subsidise its non-reserved services.
Published: 29 July 2009
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Evolution of infrastructure regulation in Australia—working paper no. 1
This paper provides an overview of historical developments as well as an outline of the current form of economic regulation for telecommunication, posts, airports, energy, rail, ports, shipping, water and petrol.
Published: 16 July 2009
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Mobile premium services, often referred to as premium SMS (or MMS), are called premium because customers are charged a premium for using the service—that is, they cost more than a standard SMS (text message) or MMS (multimedia message).
Published: 15 July 2009
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Recent amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 have introduced new provisions prohibiting cartel conduct, establishing both civil and criminal penalties.
Published: 13 July 2009
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The 2009–11 strategic plan and work program sets out our corporate goals and priorities, as well as our expected work program, from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011.
Published: 13 July 2009
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Report to the Australian Senate on anti-competitive and other practices by health funds and providers in relation to private health insurance, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
This is the tenth report prepared by the ACCC in compliance with an order agreed to by the Australian Senate on 25 March 1999 and amended on 18 September 2002. This Senate order requires the ACCC to provide a report of ‘any anti-competitive practices by health insurers or providers, which reduce the extent of health cover for consumers and increase their out-of-pocket medical and other expenses’.
Published: 10 July 2009
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