Australia

For details of the substantive law and policy in Australia visit:

Australian Competition Law

 

The Law

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (consolidated)

Australian competition legislation, including key amendments

 

Cases

Australian Competition Tribunal Decisions (from 1997)

 

Regulators

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

National Competition Council

Productivity Commission

Australian Energy Regulator

 

Courts and Tribunals

Australian Competition Tribunal

Federal Court of Australia

 

Useful sites

Australian Competition Law

Deakin Law School Competition Links

The Competition Law Project Australia

 

Publications

Caron Beaton-Wells, 'Criminalising Cartels: Australia’s Slow Conversion' (2008) 31 World Competition pp. 205-233

Margaret Brock and Monica Keneley, Section 46: Where we have been and where we are going: a review of the recent debate' (2005) 24(2) Economics Papers 175

Julie Clarke, Criminal Penalties for Contraventions of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act (2005) 10 Deakin Law Review 141

Julie Clarke, 'The Dawson Report and Merger Regulation' (2003) 8(2) Deakin Law Review 245

Julie Clarke and Mirko Bagaric, 'The Desirability of Criminal Penalties for Breaches of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act' (2003) 31 Australian Business Law Review 192-209

Julie Brebner, ‘The Relevance of Import Competition to Merger Assessment in Australia’ (2002) 10(2) Competition and Consumer Law Journal 119-143

Julie Brebner, 'Resale Price Maintenance - The Need for Further Reform' (2001) 9 Trade Practices Law Journal 18

Clarke, P. 'University Marketing and the Law: Applying the Trade Practices Act to Universities' Marketing and Promotional Activities' (2003) 8 Deakin Law Review 304

Daniel Clough, 'Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints in Australia' [2001] MULR 20; (2001) 25 Melbourne University Law Review 551

Kathryn McMahon, Competition Law, Adjudication and the High Court [2006] MULR 25; 30(3) Melbourne University Law Review 782

Brendan Sweeney, The Role of Damages in Regulating Horizontal Price-Fixing: Comparing the Situation in the US, Europe and Australia [2006] MULR 26; 30(3) Melbourne University Law Review 837

Philip Williams, 'Melway Publishing Pty Ltd v Robert Hicks Pty Ltd' [2001] MULR 27; (2001) 25 Melbourne University Law Review 831