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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
01 Aug 2024

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
Energy
Telecommunications and internet
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
06 May 2023

A complementary regulatory regime for digital platforms speech at the Competition Law Conference

Liza Carver, ACCC Commissioner, addressed the Competitional Law Conference on complementary regulatory regime for digital platforms on Saturday 6 May 2023.
Digital platforms and services
Speech
17 Mar 2023

Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Revolution

ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb spoke at the Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Revolution Conference at Monash University on Friday, 17 March 2023.
Digital platforms and services
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
04 May 2022

Global collaboration among competition regulators crucial keynote address

Today I will speak about the importance of international cooperation between competition agencies and then turn to 3 areas of the ACCC’s work in which this cooperation is proving critical.
Regulated infrastructure
Competition and exemptions
Digital platforms and services
Speech
19 Aug 2021

Platforms' dominance of apps market needs to be addressed speech

In a speech about the ACCC’s digital platforms services inquiry report on app marketplaces, ACCC Chair Rod Sims said the ACCC was closely monitoring moves by overseas governments and regulators that aimed to address competition and consumer concerns similar to those identified in the ACCC’s report.
Digital platforms and services
Speech
06 Aug 2020

The ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry and the need for competition, consumer protection and regulatory responses speech

Speaking to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (WA) via a streaming video application, ACCC Chair Rod Sims addressed a number of the ACCC’s key concerns about the growing economic power and influence of the digital platforms.
Digital platforms and services
Speech
19 Nov 2019

Data (R)Evolution: Consumer welfare and growth in the digital economy address

ACCC Chair Rod Sims addresses the Consumer Policy Research Centre 2019 conference about consumer welfare and the emerging challenges for policymakers and regulators in the face of the growing digital economy.
Digital platforms and services
Speech
13 Aug 2019

The Digital Platforms Inquiry: Melbourne Press Club address to the National Press Club 2019

ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivers an address to the Melbourne Press Club about the Digital Platforms Inquiry.
Digital platforms and services
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
27 Feb 2019

Examining the impact of digital platforms on competition in media and advertising markets keynote address

Chair Rod Sims delivers a keynote address regarding the ACCC’s world-first Digital Platforms Inquiry at an event hosted by AANA and ThinkTV.
Advertising and promotions
Competition and exemptions
Digital platforms and services
Speech
11 Feb 2019

Insights and impacts of the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry speech

One of the key issues we identified is a problem with the commercial model for the funding of news and journalism.
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
16 Jul 2018

Consumer data and regulatory reform speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivers a speech to the National Consumer Data Policy Research Centre on the consumer data right, its benefits and the steps the ACCC has taken to update the digital platforms inquiry.
Banking and finance
Energy
Telecommunications and internet
Digital platforms and services
Speech
12 Jul 2018

When and how to intervene in markets speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivers a speech to the Australian Conference of Economists, discussing a number of inquires the ACCC is involved with, including the digital platforms inquiry, the retail electricity prices inquiry and the consumer data right.
Regulated infrastructure
Energy
Telecommunications and internet
Digital platforms and services
Speech
03 Jul 2018

Regulating for competition: stepping up for platforms and stepping back from media? speech

ACCC Chair Rod Sims delivered a speech to the International Institute of Communications - Telecommunications and Media Forum on the regulation for competition, discussing the changing world of media, the international context and the ACCC's digital platforms inquiry.
Regulated infrastructure
Digital platforms and services
Speech
27 Feb 2018

The ACCC and the Net Economy speech

Deputy Chair Delia Rickard discusses the ACCC's inquiry into digital platforms, and their impact on the media and advertising markets.
Advertising and promotions
Digital platforms and services
Telecommunications and internet
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
16 Oct 2007

Will the media survive the digital revolution? speech

Coping with change will require flexibility from both the media and regulators and that change will only continue to accelerate.
Digital platforms and services
Speech
14 Aug 2006

The ACCC's changing communications and media landscape speech

Australia’s media landscape is experiencing a period of tremendous change.
Telecommunications and internet
Digital platforms and services
Speech
26 Aug 2005

Media ownership and convergence speech

We are at a point in time where technological change and convergence could once again change the way consumers access news, information and entertainment.
Competition and exemptions
Digital platforms and services
Speech
19 May 2005

Media convergence and the changing face of media regulation speech

The internet will be a key driver of the next wave of competition to the current media players, and the markets we have traditionally defined as ‘media’ will change.
Competition and exemptions
Digital platforms and services
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