Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

newsletters) Business-to-business buying and selling The security of business transactions Internationally there is the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN), which was formed in 1991 from an informal network of government customer fair trade organisations. The purpose was stated as being to find ways of co-operating on tackling consumer problems connected with cross-border transactions in both goods and services, and to help ensure exchanges of information among the participants

advantage in their competitiveness with foreign imports. Since the 1970s Australia has made policy changes to reduce levels of protection and to promote free trade - in order to stimulate greater industrial efficiency and to lower the prices of imported consumer, intermediate and capital goods. In its entirety, average tariff levels in Australia have continued to drop in recent years – falling from 9% in 1944 to 1.3% in 2014, highlighting Australia’s support for free trade on a global level. Australia has

Should Australian Government privatise medibanks? Introduction Medibank Private is Australians Government owned company which was formed by the Labor party of Australia in June 1976. In October 1976, it starts operation under the Fraser government. It main purpose was to provide private medical and hospital insurance in all sectors to overcome the existing health insurance. The medibank private operator was the Health Insurance Commission (HIC) (Cavill, 2014) Medibank private is the larger health

them more hassle. Australian Business Law: which includes Trade Practices Act and State Consumer Legislation are also assisting by protecting employees and customers rights at the same time these laws protects business operators. Contract Law is also guarding the rights and obligations of consumers and business operators. Australian Consumer Law: the Australian consumer law (ACL) is a national law which cover consumer protection and fair trading. It applies to all Australian businesses and in each

world in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person. (Banks, 2005) Rod Sims, Chairman of the Australian Competition Consumer Commission, described Australia in the early 1980s as “an insular, highly regulated economy, with many public sector monopolies, contributing to low productivity and growth, and poor comparative economic performance”. (Sims, 2013) The 1980s saw the globalisation of the Australian economy. (Kelly, P, 2000). During this period, a number of significant economic decisions were

direct competition with Woolworths and Coles provide some competitive respite for consumers, as they encourage competitive pricing, albeit predatory pricing, it is clear that Woolworths and Coles control the supermarket industry in Australia, in the formation of a duopoly. It is evident that Woolworths and Coles engage in predatory pricing in an attempt to eliminate independent retailers from the market. This article discusses recent efforts made by the Australian government and the Australian Competition

decision by the auto transnational signals a massive escalation in the assault on the living standards and social rights of the employed class across Australia. The entire Australian car industry aspects the potential of being liquidated, with hundreds of thousands of jobs destroyed. The General Motors answered that the Australian Dollar, high cost of production, limited and small domestic market and possibly the extremely challenging and fragmented market in the world are the

The Introduction to Dairy Industry and Murray Goulburn (Devondale): The Australian Dairy Industry in general, remains to be one of the most important rural industries in Australia. In fact, the Australian Dairy Industry is a well-established industry in the nation (Dairy Australia n.d.). Murray Goulbur-Devondale holds a strong position within the Australian Dairy Industry due to the company’s ability to commit to promoting sustainable practices towards their environment, society and resources. Murray

Executive summary David Jones Limited is an Australian based department store chain that was founded by David Jones in the year 1838. Currently, the company has about 37 stores located in most Australian states and territories. The Australian department store industry is mostly dominated by large players which are David Jones and Myers, alongside smaller and independent companies. The report analyses David Jones’s external environment using Porter’s Five Forces model alongside the PEST model. The

From late 2001, the Australian Federal Government provided individuals with privacy of information protections under the law. These are covered by the Federal Privacy Act. In Australia, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is the regulatory body for this act. Anti-spam bill introduced to Australian Federal parliament in September 2003 and subsequently became the Spam Act 2003 makes it a civil offence