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Speech
31 Oct 2024

Framing the future of financial services: strengthening competition and consumer engagement

In the keynote address for the Gilbert + Tobin Financial Services Forum on Thursday 31 October 2024, ACCC Chair, Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb spoke about the significant changes happening in the financial services sector and the implications of these for the ACCC’s work.
Consumer Data Right
Buying and selling products and services
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Pricing
Scams
Banking and finance
Digital platforms and services
Insurance
Speech
17 Oct 2023

Regulatory priorities and challenges posed by the digital economy speech

Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, ACCC Chair, gave a speech on 17 October 2023 at the KWM Digital Future Summit 2023.
Mergers
Digital platforms and services
Speech
01 Sep 2023

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
Mergers
Scams
Childcare
Digital platforms and services
Energy
Speech
09 Sep 2022

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
Mergers
Scams
Digital platforms and services
Speech
15 Oct 2021

Competition in Australia faces big challenges speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims spoke at this year’s Annual Competition Law & Economics Workshop, hosted by UniSA and the ACCC, where he discussed significant challenges facing competition law and policy in Australia.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
27 Aug 2021

Protecting and promoting competition in Australia keynote speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims opened the Law Council of Australia's Competition and Consumer Workshop with the Annual Address, where he started a debate on  proposals for changes to Australia's merger laws.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
27 Feb 2020

Address to the International Competition Network Merger Workshop 2020

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the International Competition Network (ICN) Merger Workshop 2020, which the ACCC is hosting for the first time.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
21 Nov 2019

Improving Australia's productivity and consumer welfare address

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the RBB Economics Forum on consumer welfare and the emerging challenges for policymakers and regulators to improve economic efficiency across a range of areas including mergers, unfair conduct, monopolies, agriculture and the data economy.
Mergers
Agriculture
Speech
25 May 2019

Address to the 2019 Competition Law Conference

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the 2019 Competition Law Conference and discusses the merger regime in relation to digital platforms.
Mergers
Digital platforms and services
Speech
03 Aug 2018

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.
Mergers
Digital platforms and services
Compliance and enforcement
Speech
04 Aug 2017

Law Council of Australia speech

Chairman Rod Sims outlines the ACCC's new approach to information gathering in merger analysis, and how an increase in resources for cartel investigations over the past three years resulted in this week's once-in-a-century conviction for cartel conduct.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
27 Oct 2016

Keynote address to the RBB Economics Conference

At the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims asks: Is Australia's economy getting more concentrated and does this matter?
Mergers
Speech
05 Aug 2016

Chair's address to the Law Council workshop

ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivers his annual address to the Law Council of Australia's Competition and Consumer Workshop.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
05 Nov 2015

Promoting innovation through competition speech

At the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims discusses the current innovation debate.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
13 Oct 2014

Carbon, mergers and other issues speech

With energy markets in Australia delivering significant challenges for all involved, Chairman Rod Sims provides an update on the ACCC's work on the carbon tax repeal and discusses merger process issues.
Mergers
Energy
Speech
10 Oct 2014

University of South Australia workshop: Regulator update speech

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims discusses the Harper Competition Review's recommendations relating to merger reviews and the competition provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
Mergers
Speech
12 Sep 2014

Enhancing competition policy address

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims addresses the Law Council of Australia, Competition & Consumer Committee Annual General Meeting in Brisbane. Mr Sims discusses gaps in the law which can damage economic efficiency and also do not reflect international best practice.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
21 Feb 2014

CEDA conference: Looking forward to 2014 address

Chairman, Rod Sims, announces the ACCC's priorities for 2014.
Advertising and promotions
Buying and selling products and services
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Pricing
Stay protected
Scams
Digital platforms and services
Energy
Telecommunications and internet
Speech
04 May 2013

Mergers: a 20 year retrospective speech

ACCC Commissioner Jill Walker and ACCC Executive General Manager, Legal Group, Tim Grimwade take a look back at the substantially lessening competition test and some of the key merger moments in the past 20 years.
Mergers
Speech
25 Aug 2012

Looking back, looking forward – the ACCC’s approach to making markets work for Australian consumers speech

ACCC chairman Rod Sims covers the strategic approach to enforcement and the Australian Consumer Law, mergers reviews, as well as the ACCC's focus on the Asian region.
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
14 Jun 2012

ACCC chairman Rod Sims speaks to CEDA

Better communicating the ACCC's role, its approach to reviewing mergers involving small retail acquisitions and the benefits of competition in electricity
Competition and exemptions
Energy
Mergers
Speech
30 Sep 2010

The ACCC's role in mergers and acquisitions - a mythbuster! speech

Merger regulation is a key element of any effective competition law, aiming to preserve competitive market structures and give market participants incentives to compete, rather than rely on ex post regulation of anti-competitive conduct.
Mergers
Speech
29 May 2010

Current issues on the ACCC's radar speech

Overview of criminal sanctions for cartel activity and the ACCC's merger analysis
Competition and exemptions
Mergers
Speech
08 Dec 2008

The ACCC's perspective on the wagering industry speech

The wagering industry continues to evolve and may be shaped by further mergers and acquisitions, the potential for new players in parimutuel wagering, the changing media landscape, and new opportunities for competition.
Mergers
Speech
21 Aug 2008

Changing regulatory structures speech

The ACCC strongly supports the informal merger review process and will work with the business community to keep this review process active and robust, while at the same time not creating a logjam for legitimate business alliances that stimulate growth and create benefits to us all.
Mergers
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