A consumer market hungry for data is driving competition and leading to better service offerings for Australians, according to two new reports. Prepared annually by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the reports provide a snapshot of the fast paced and rapidly evolving communications sector. The Telecommunications Competitive Safeguards for 2014–15 report shows the...

On 2 June 2015, the NZ Primary Industries Minister requested a report from the Commission, and provided a Terms of Reference for the report. The final report, published on 1 March 2016, provides the minister with an independent view on the state of competition in the New Zealand dairy industry. Having considered submissions on the...

The Final Report of the Competition Policy Review (the Harper Review) made 56 recommendations on Australia’s competition framework spanning most sectors of the economy and with implications for all levels of government. On 24 November 2015 the Australian Government released its response to all recommendations. The Government will work with the States and Territories to...

Drawing on a City of Sydney database, and set against the wider institutional context, this paper identifies the major characteristics of urban planning developments and key aspects of the competitive process involved in terms of timelines, participants and outcomes.

Emerging rather less scarred than many from the most recent global financial crisis in 2008, Australia has a banking and finance industry evidencing long-term stability, but moderate to high concentration as a result of long prevailing policy. In 2015, whether that level of concentration signifies less than desirable levels of competition is very much a...