Tag: ACCC
Australia: Regulator clears Murdoch to buy Ten Network
Australia’s antitrust regulator cleared on Thursday, August 24, a consortium led by News Co-Chairman Lachlan Murdoch to buy free-to-air television broadcaster Ten Network Holdings,...
Australia: Glencore wins port charges challenge
The Federal Court has paved the way for Australia’s competition watchdog to regulate port charges for coal exporters at Newcastle, handing commodities group Glencore...
Australia: Sims warns telecoms of upcoming courts cases
In an interview with ABC News, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims spoke of current and forthcoming actions that the commission...
Australia: ACCC appeals Tabcorp-Tatts merger
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has applied to the Federal Court for a judicial review of the Tabcorp and Tatts merger approval.
Last...
Australia: ACCC wants review of Tatts-Tabcorp deal
The proposed US$11 billion merger between wagering giant Tabcorp and lotteries and wagering firm Tatts Group is set for more scrutiny, this time by...
Australia: Gordon and Murdoch approach ACCC ahead of Ten bid
Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch have approached the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to review a potential bid for the network Ten, which...
Australia: ACCC to undertake wide-ranging study of telecomm sector
The competition regulator will undertake a market study to discover the exact state of the telecommunications sector, with the focus on the national broadband...
Australia: Cabcharge gets green light to buy Yellow Cabs
Cabcharge will see a greenlight from the competition watchdog to buy the Yellow Cabs network in Queensland for $20 million dollars.
The ACCC is saying that...
Australia: Tabcorp skips ACCC over Tatts, is given green light
An Australian regulator cleared Tabcorp's proposed takeover of lottery owner Tatts Group for US$4.67 b, paving the way for a match-up that has fallen through...
Australia: Consumer watchdog launches legal action against Thermomix
The Australian consumer watchdog is taking Thermomix to court for failing to report 14 serious injuries from its product in time and misleading consumers...
