Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to search

Top utilities

News centre
Contact

Our other sites

NASC
Scamwatch
Product Safety

Search (required)

Consumers
Business
By industry
Inquiries and consultations
Public registers
About us

Breadcrumb

Home
About us
News

News centre

Journalists and media employees can contact the ACCC by phone on 1300 138 917 or by email at media@accc.gov.au.
If you are not a journalist, contact the ACCC on 1300 302 502 (consumers), 1300 302 021 (business), or through another general contact.
After hours media enquiries, phone 0408 995 408 (calls only, no texts please).

All news
Media releases
Speeches
Updates

Fulltext search (required)

From (required)

To (required)

Quick selection

This year to date Last 12 months Last year Last 5 years

Advertising and promotions 38
Agriculture 19
Banking and finance 13
Buying and selling products and services 68
Cars and vehicles 6
Childcare 1
Competition and exemptions 283
Compliance and enforcement 89
Consumer Data Right 1
COVID-19 6
Debt 3
Digital platforms and services 28
Energy 67
Food and groceries 14
Franchising 15
Industry codes 32
Insurance 8
Mergers 58
Petrol and fuel 3
Postal services 2
Pricing 13
Problem with a product or service 17
Rail, shipping and ports 16
Regulated infrastructure 190
Scams 12
Stay protected 27
Telecommunications and internet 81
Travel and airports 10
Water 8

Pin topics filter

1 - 24 of 89 news items shown

Sort by (required)

Speech

2nd Annual Sustainability Reporting Summit speech

Delivering the keynote address at the 2nd Annual Sustainability Reporting Summit on 27 February 2025, ACCC Deputy Chair, Mick Keogh discussed the ACCC's priority to address consumer, fair trading and competition concerns in relation to environmental claims and sustainability, with a focus on greenwashing.

Buying and selling products and services

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

ACCC's compliance and enforcement priorities update 2025-26 address

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb keynote at the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) on the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities for 2025-26.

Compliance and enforcement

Competition and exemptions

Speech

ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference 2024 opening address

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, gave the opening address at the ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference in Brisbane on Thursday 1 August 2024.

Compliance and enforcement

Competition and exemptions

Digital platforms and services

Telecommunications and internet

Speech

Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) speech 2024

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair, spoke at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Thursday 7 March 2024 on the ACCC ‘2024-25 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities’.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Regulatory intersections between competition, consumer and privacy laws speech

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, gave a speech on 30 November 2023 at the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities 60th Forum.

Compliance and enforcement

Competition and exemptions

Speech

Law Council Annual Competition and Consumer Law Workshop speech

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, gave the opening address on September 1 to the Law Council Annual Competition and Consumer Law Workshop.

Compliance and enforcement

Digital platforms and services

Speech

The ACCC's approach to compliance and enforcement speech at the Law Institute of Victoria "Breakfast Matters event"

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, addressed the Breakfast Matters event at the Law Institute of Victoria on Tuesday 11 July 2023.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

The ACCC's outlook and priorities for competition enforcement speech to the Competition Law Conference

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, addressed the Competition Law Conference on the ACCC's outlook and priorities for competition enforcement on Saturday 6 May 2023.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

CEDA Speech

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair, spoke at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Tuesday 7 March 2023 on the ACCC ‘2023-24 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities’.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Law Council Competition and Consumer Law Workshop opening address

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, gave the Opening address on September 9 to the Law Council Annual Competition and Consumer Law Workshop.

Advertising and promotions

Buying and selling products and services

Compliance and enforcement

Digital platforms and services

Speech

ACCC's priorities and approach to regulating the financial services sector keynote address

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb delivered the keynote address at the AFR Banking Summit 2022.

Banking and finance

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

ACCC's enforcement and compliance policy update 2022-23 address

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) to discuss the ACCC's enforcement and compliance policies for 2022-23.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims spoke via webinar at the Monash University National Commercial Law Seminar hosted at the Federal Court in Melbourne to mark the 10th anniversary of the Competition and Consumer Act (CCA), which incorporates the Australian Competition Law (ACL).

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

ACCC 2021 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities address

In his annual address to Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA), ACCC Chair Rod Sims announced the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities for 2021.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

ACCC 2020 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims announced the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities for 2020 in a speech to the annual Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA).

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Latest actions and enforcement priorities of the ACCC address

ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh addresses the National Franchise Convention on the Gold Coast about franchising and the ACCC's latest actions and enforcement priorities.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Address to the Law Council of Australia Competition Law Workshop 2019

ACCC Chair Rod Sims’ address to the Law Council’s annual workshop looks at the range of the ACCC’s recent legal work and enforcement activity.

Competition and exemptions

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

2019 Compliance and Enforcement Policy address

In his annual CEDA address, Chair Rod Sims launched the ACCC's 2019 Compliance and Enforcement Policy.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Major changes needed to get rid of unfair contract terms address

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia’s National Small Business Summit regarding recent ACCC enforcement action relating to unfair contract terms, limitations that the ACCC has identified in the business-to-business unfair contract terms law and the codes of conduct.

Buying and selling products and services

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Address to the Law Council of Australia Annual General Meeting

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the Law Council of Australia Annual General Meeting regarding the need for strong enforcement combined with continued advocacy for increased penalties; how data, algorithms and digital platforms will be central topics for the ACCC over the coming year; and some comments regarding merger assessments and focus.

Digital platforms and services

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

Release of the OECD's Pecuniary Penalties for Competition Law Infringements in Australia report speech

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims' speech on the release of the OECD’s Pecuniary Penalties for Competition Law Infringements in Australia report.

Compliance and enforcement

Competition and exemptions

Speech

2018 compliance and enforcement priorities address

In his annual CEDA address, Chairman Rod Sims launched the ACCC's 2018 Compliance and Enforcement policy.

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

CCA compliance in interesting times address

In his annual CEDA address, Chairman Rod Sims launched the ACCC's 2017 Compliance and Enforcement policy, saying 2017 will see a focus on misleading and deceptive practices, anti-competitive conduct and unfair contract terms affecting small businesses.

Advertising and promotions

Buying and selling products and services

Compliance and enforcement

Speech

ACCC compliance and enforcement priorities for 2016 address

In his annual CEDA address, Chairman Rod Sims announces the ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities.

Compliance and enforcement

Full pager with select page option (required)

Pagination

Current page 1
Page 2
Page 3
…
Next page
Last page

Items per page (required)

RSS

Subscribe to media releases and speeches

Keep up-to-date on the latest media releases and speeches from the ACCC via email updates.

Email address (required)

What do you wish to receive email updates for? (required)

Media releases

Speeches

Topics (required)

All topics

ACCC court action

Agriculture and water

Consumer matters

Consumer data right

Digital platforms

Energy, including electricity, gas, petrol

Financial services and insurance

Infrastructure, including airports, shipping, ports

Mergers and exemptions

Product safety

Small business and franchising

Telecommunications

Is this page useful?

Yes No

Thanks for your feedback.

ACCC Consumer Rights Facebook ACCC Twitter ACCC Instagram ACCC YouTube ACCC Linkedin

The ACCC acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands across Australia on which we live and work. We acknowledge their connection to this Country and pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Footer menu

ACCC © Commonwealth of Australia

Accessibility
Cookies
Disclaimer and copyright
Glossary
Vulnerability disclosure
Privacy