Trade Practices Amendment (Material Lessening of Competition-Richmond Amendment) Bill 2009 [Provisions]

13 May 2010

© Commonwealth of Australia 2010
ISBN 978-1-74229-233-5

View the report as a single document - (PDF 543KB)

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Membership of Committee	(PDF 10KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 59KB)
Mergers and creeping acquisitions Context of the inquiry Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report
Chapter 2 - The Fares case	(PDF 57KB)
Predatory pricing or creeping acquisition? The role of the ACCC The impact of the bill in Mr Fares' case Committee view
Chapter 3 - The premise of the bill	(PDF 108KB)
The high rate of merger approval Criticism of this analysis
Chapter 4 - The bill's amendments	(PDF 70KB)
Replacing 'substantially' with 'materially' A 'creeping acquisitions' test based on market share
Chapter 5 - The committee's view	(PDF 34KB)
The mergers approval rate Replacing 'substantially' with 'materially' A market share 'cap' Conclusion
Dissenting Report from Senator Xenophon	(PDF 72KB)
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions Received	(PDF 36KB)
APPENDIX 2 - Public Hearing and Witnesses	(PDF 8KB)

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