Tag: Australia
Australian Watchdog Withdraws Bank Cartel Case
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) has today withdrawn charges against Citigroup Global Markets Australia (Citigroup), Deutsche Bank AG and four senior banking...
Australian Watchdog Focuses On COVID Test Prices
Australia's antitrust regulator announced on Tuesday, January 4, it has contacted suppliers of COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits to examine pricing pressures in the...
Australia’s Watchdog Worries About Price Gouging In COVID Testing
Josh Frydenberg has spoken to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Rod Sims about concerns some suppliers are charging sky-high prices for Covid-19...
Australia Watchdog $17B Sydney Airport Takeover
Australia's competition regulator on Thursday approved a A$23.6 billion ($16.92 billion) takeover of Sydney Airport, bringing one of the country's biggest buyouts closer to...
Australia’s Watchdog Drops GM Holden Probe Over Dealer Conduct
The Australian competition regulator lambasted US carmaker General Motors' local unit over its abrupt withdrawal from the market last year, but opted to take...
Google Sets Aside $740M To Fix Legal Problems In Australia
Google will spend A$1 billion ($736 million) in Australia over five years, the internet giant said on Tuesday.
The main operating unit of Alphabet said...
Report Finds Google Continues To Dominate Australian Searches
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) third Digital Platform Services Inquiry interim report found that Google continues to be the dominant search engine...
Australian Watchdog Has Issues With Finnish Cargo Equipment Merger
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined preliminary competition concerns in relation to a proposed merger between Finnish container handling equipment companies Cargotec and...
Australian Publisher Asks Regulator To Enforce New Facebook Law
On Monday an Australian publisher is calling for the government to enforce a new law to compel Facebook to negotiate a content deal, prompting...
Aurizon To Buy One Rail Australia For $1.75B
On Friday, October 22, Aurizon announced that it would buy One Rail Australia for US$1.75 billion as it looks to diversify from coal and...
