Our latest report on the inquiry reveals Google’s dominance in general search services in Australia has continued despite regulatory and technological changes in the market.
We've started proceedings against 2 companies - Spotless and Ventia - and senior executives in the Federal Court for alleged price fixing for services at Australian Defence Force bases. Spotless and Ventia each provide operation services to the Department of Defence under separate billion-dollar contracts.
On 28 November 2024, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024 was passed by the Australian Parliament. The new merger laws aim to strengthen competition, productivity and price restraint for the benefit of consumers and business.
We have commenced separate proceedings in the Federal Court against Woolworths and Coles supermarkets for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by misleading consumers through discount pricing claims on hundreds of common supermarket products.
We have started proceedings in the Federal Court against online travel booking site Webjet for allegedly making false and misleading representations to consumers about flight prices and bookings.
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Changes to the law on unfair contract terms in consumer and small business contracts came into effect in November 2023.
We are working to help consumers and business understand the law around unfair contract terms and what the changes mean.
Consumers are now, more than ever, making purchasing decisions on environmental grounds.
We'll be investigating a number of businesses for making potentially false or misleading environmental claims.
The expansion of digital platforms in Australia has brought benefits, but also created risks and harms that our current consumer and competition laws are not always able to address. We're examining these issues as part of inquiries we conduct and law enforcement cases.
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