Latest Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Stories

By WATT, Emily CASH-STRAPPED motorists are unlikely to receive any respite from a Government report into petrol pricing. The report, due out today, is expected to include little evidence of anti-competitiveness in the industry -- dashing one of the main hopes for government intervention. It was hoped a previous Australian inquiry -- which resulted in the trial of the Fuelwatch scheme that advises motorists in advance of price rises -- could offer ways to improve competition in New...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fb7cdc/australia_digita) has announced the addition of the "Australia - Digital TV - Set-Top Box Overview and Analysis" report to their offering. Back in the mid-1990s the government guaranteed a common standard for Set-top Boxes. The STB is an infrastructure technology and should not be used to create yet another monopoly. This represents the information highway gateway to interactive services over broadcasting technologies...

In an attempt to obtain the clearance to bid for Dairy Farmers, National Foods has offered to sell two milk processing plants. National Foods has proposed to make a joint bid with Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory for Dairy Farmers, which is valued at up to A$1 billion. In order to ease competition concerns in relation to the proposed acquisition, National Foods has made an undertaking to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to sell two plants which serve New South...