Tag Archives: ACCC

Privatisations & Port Price Hikes Slammed by ACCC Chairman

| August 31, 2015

In a wide-ranging speech at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Brisbane recently, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman, Rod Sims, commented on the contents of the recent Harper report and then spoke against the anti-competitive impact of recent privatisations. Mr Sims outlined “concerns” about how governments sold “significant” assets without “appropriate” […]

Freight forwarder advertising may be misleading, Customs warns

| February 20, 2014

Advertising by freight forwarders, which offers customs broking services when those forwarders are themselves unlicensed, may be misleading, the Australian Customs & Border Protection Service has said. “This practice is of concern and may contravene the prohibitions on false and misleading representation that are set out in Australian consumer law,” Customs said. It added that […]