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• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to enable the Federal Court of Australia to require a corporation to reduce its market share or power within two years where the corporation is found to have misused that market share or power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: strengthen the prohibition on corporations with substantial market powers from engaging in conduct that has the purpose, effect or likely effect of substantially lessening competition in markets in which they directly or indirectly participate; remove provisions in relation to telecommunications-specific anti-competitive conduct and the competition notices and exemption order regime; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish a scheme that mandates that service and repair information provided to car dealership networks and manufacturer preferred repairs be made available for independent repairs and registered training organisations to purchase at a fair market price; and

  Copyright Act 1968

  to provide that the statutory licensing scheme for educational institutions does not apply to such information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Paper Bills and Statements) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: ensure that, when a supplier provides a customer with an itemised bill or proof of transaction, the document is given in paper form unless the customer consents to receiving it electronically; and ensure that customers are not charged a fee for receiving the document in paper. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Payment Surcharges) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish a framework to ban surcharges imposed in respect of particular payment methods that exceed the cost of acceptance for those payment methods; and provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with additional powers to gather information and issue infringement notices in enforcing the ban on excess surcharges. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Prevention of Exploitation of Indigenous Cultural Expressions) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to make it an offence to supply or offer commercial goods to a consumer that include Indigenous cultural expression unless supplied by, or in accordance with a transparent arrangement with, an Indigenous artist or relevant Indigenous community. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Safeguarding the Reputation of Australian Beef) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to impose a penalty on Australian cattle exporters who do not take reasonable steps to ensure that Australian cattle that is slaughtered, or processed after slaughter, in a foreign country is not marketed as Australian beef. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Strengthening Rules About Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  OAKESHOTT, Rob, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: extend the misuse of market power to restrictive trade practices which result in the lessening of competition in the supply chain; and enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to request a supply chain impact statement from a corporation believed to be involved in restrictive trade practices and for the publication of the statement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Tougher Penalties for Supermarket and Hardware Businesses) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Nov 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  TAYLOR, Angus, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to enable the court to order the divestiture of assets in certain cases of misuse of market power by supermarket and hardware businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to require the minister to make an information standard for goods containing palm oil and ensure that the information standard is in force at all times. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum