The ACCC and ASIC have jointly produced a consumer brochure Debt collection: your rights and responsibilities in conjunction with a guideline for collectors and creditors. This consumer brochure wi...

This study concentrates on two aspects of the networks for ATMs, credit cards and debit cards–namely, interchange fees and the conditions of entry into the industry. It also looks at the economic...

This publication is a reprint of a guide jointly produced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The guide was originally p...

Debt collection practices in Australia: summary of stakeholder consultation summarises the major issues identified during information-gathering activities undertaken by both the Australian Competit...

A report on an inquiry into the declaration of a technology-neutral subscription television carriage service under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act.

A report on an inquiry into the declaration of an analogue-specific subscription television broadcast carriage service under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act.

A report to the ACCC on developments in the cinema distribution and exhibition industry. It covers industry structure, distribution behaviour, pricing, competitive impact of changes in exhibition b...

Disclosure of relevant information before entering into a business transaction assists people to make properly informed decisions. For this reason, franchisors and franchisees have rights and res...

The Horticulture Code does not contain any specific reference to packing houses (or packing sheds). The application of the code to transactions involving packing houses will therefore be determined...

On 14 May 2007 the Australian Government implemented the Trade Practices (Horticulture Code of Conduct) Regulations 2006 (the Horticulture Code). The Horticulture Code has the force of law and...

Over the last three years, more than 100 serious accidents associated with treadmills have occurred in Australian homes. This brochure offers safety guidelines for protecting your children. 

Poster addressing consumer issues in Indigenous communities.

The brochure, Don't take advantage of disadvantage, has been produced as part of the ACCC campaign to protect disadvantaged and vulnerable consumers. This brochure will help businesses recognise wh...

The Water Act 2007 (the Act) creates new institutional and governance arrangements to address the sustainability and management of water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin (the Basin). The Act b...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its draft water market rules and its advice to the Minister for Climate Change and Water on the draft water market rules for public c...

This DVD presentation can help you to better understand franchising. Following an introduction by ACCC Deputy Chairman Dr Michael Schaper, the DVD, presented in three parts, provides specific inf...