This issues paper poses questions and seeks submissions from consumers, businesses and interested stakeholders about the investment decisions made by digital platforms, the interconnectedness of expanded products and services within each ecosystem, and the potential impacts on competition and consumers.

The Digital Commons Policy Council was created to build connections between the worlds of policy-making and of community-based digital innovation. This report documents their activities and outlines some future plans.

Online marketplaces are performing an increasingly significant role in connecting Australian consumers and businesses and are an important link in building trust and confidence in the digital economy. This report examines potential competition and consumer issues in the provision of general online retail marketplaces to consumers in Australia.

For the purposes of this report, the authors refer to the term 'digital checkout' as the process of a consumer engaging in a transaction (paid or otherwise) to access or procure a product or service online. This report argues that the challenge for consumer policy is ensuring that consumer protection frameworks can respond effectively to...

This report provides a preliminary estimate of the costs and benefits of deploying digital trade products and processes for New Zealand.