Competition Insights

28 November 2007

Welcome to the post-election edition of Competition Insights, in which we'll examine what the incoming Rudd Government has in store for the Trade Practices Act in general and cartels in particular.

We'll also ask if the new laws on below-cost pricing benefit consumers - or just lead to more compliance costs and higher prices, and look at some recent developments in franchising and the ACCC's ability to share information obtained under compulsion by the ACCC with foreign regulators.

Labor promises jail for serious cartel conduct

By Michael Corrigan.

The Trade Practices Act will change now that a Labor Government has been elected, particularly in the way it deals with cartels. Michael Corrigan looks at the main policy proposals.

Below-cost pricing for the "wrong reason" to be illegal - with heavy penalties

By Michael Corrigan and Ellie Palmer.

Will the new laws on below-cost pricing benefit consumers - or just lead to more compliance costs and higher prices, ask Michael Corrigan and Ellie Palmer.

When is a distribution agreement a franchise agreement?

By Michael Corrigan and Ellie Palmer.

When an arrangement is a franchising agreement, the Franchising Code imposes certain requirements - but how do you know if it is a franchising agreement in the first place? Ellie Palmer explains how the courts handle this.

Enhanced information-gathering powers for Australian competition regulator

By Mihkel Wilding.

The ACCC has new powers to share information obtained under compulsion by the ACCC with foreign regulators, as Mihkel Wilding shows.
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