Conference in Melbourne August 2022

The 3rd Dynamic Competition in Dynamic Markets: A Path Forward conference will be broadcast at 6pm AEST on 6 August.

Rob Nicholls, 'In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)' (The Conversation, 31 July 2020)

New paper on repeal of s 51(3): Brent Fisse, ‘ACCC Guidelines on repeal of section 51(3) could not and do not resolve need for competitor supply/acquisition exception to cartel prohibitions under Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (PDF)

In her new podcast, Trust Exercise, Dr Katharine Kemp interviews ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, asking the question ‘Can we trust the free market to deliver?’

The Government It has ordered the ACCC to stop working on the voluntary code and prepare a new mandatory code of conduct regime to address bargaining power imbalance between the big platforms and the media. It is to be developed for release and consultation in July and subsequent implementation. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said ahead of the announcement that it’s ‘only fair that those that generate content get paid for it’.

In this first volume of Women & Antitrust, leading professionals from around the world present reflections and forecasts on topical issues in antitrust and competition law and policy. Nestled among the exchanges are insights into the professional paths of the women interviewed. Through personal anecdotes, they share perspectives on their chosen roles, if and how gender has informed their career choices, and offer advice to young practitioners interested in joining this field.

The ACCC is granting an unprecedented number of interim authorisations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sven Gallasch offers some useful commentary on these exemptions.

Katharine Kemp has penned an opinion piece on the ACCC’s authorisation of supermarkets working together during the COVID-19 pandemic.

My article on Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry is now in podcast form …

Katharine Kemp and Rob Nicholls have a piece in today’s The Conversation discussing the federal government’s response to the recommendations made by the ACCC in its Digital Platforms Inquiry.

Dr Katharine Kemp has delivered the latest CLEN Discussion Group seminar, presenting her research on 'Concealed Data Practices and Competition Law: Why Privacy Matters'.

The ACCC has instituted Federal Court proceedings alleging Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled consumers about the collection and use of personal location data.