The Latest Breaking News from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Supermarket giants appear in federal court in Melbourne for first time since ACCC launched action over alleged price increases and discount deals

It hasn’t been a good week for Coles and Woolworths. On Monday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the national competition regulator or ACCC) announced it was taking legal action against the big supermarkets over alleged misleading pricing claims.

When businesses work together – for whatever reason – they run the risk of breaching the competition laws enforced by our national watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

True competition is hard to find among dispensaries but the government could allow unlimited discounting if it wasn’t worried about a backlash from owners

There’s something curious about the proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it has preliminary competition concerns about the $8.8 billion merger, and is soliciting feedback.

Australians don’t know and can’t control how data brokers are spreading their personal information. This is the core finding of a newly released report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Call for Port of Newcastle regulation following fee increases.

Prime minister says treasurer Jim Chalmers will direct competition watchdog to conduct 12-month price inquiry into supermarkets