Rules and advice on regulated infrastructure
The national access regime sets the legal right for third parties to gain access to certain infrastructure services, with reasonable terms and conditions.
The ACCC regulates some national infrastructure services. We also carry out monitoring of some other markets.
Other resources on regulated infrastructure
A list of regulatory projects within the regulated infrastructure section.
Learn about issues in infrastructure regulation by reading our publications.
ACCC action on regulated infrastructure
New gas production and supporting infrastructure is not being brought online fast enough despite natural gas playing a critical role in the energy transition, the ACCC’s latest gas inquiry report has found.
Global and domestic disruptions continue to destabilise the container freight supply chain, leading to congestion, delays and higher costs, which resulted in some importers having to pay four to 11 times as much for ocean freight as a year earlier, according to the 2023-24 ACCC Container stevedoring monitoring report.
Australia’s east coast gas market is forecast to have a surplus of between 69 and 110 petajoules in 2025 if Queensland’s LNG producers export all of their uncontracted gas, the ACCC’s latest gas inquiry report shows.