Region: Australia

A proposal by Australia’s largest toll road operator to purchase a majority stake in a rival would likely foreclose competition, the country’s antitrust authority has held.

21 September 2023

Google has told an Australian court that defining a relevant market in defence of two lawsuits alleging it illegally monopolises application distribution and in-app payment systems is “a little difficult to do”.

19 September 2023

An eight-year alliance between Qantas Airways and China Eastern Airlines should be cancelled because the public benefit no longer outweighs harm to competition, Australia’s antitrust watchdog has said.

15 September 2023

Drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim has struck a settlement deal with Brazil’s competition watchdog, agreeing to pay a €4.35 million fine to end a probe into its role in a nearly three-decade-long conspiracy.

14 September 2023

An Australian court has accepted a plea from the country’s antitrust watchdog to impose a low fine on a technology infrastructure provider after it admitted to rigging bids for services at three mining sites.

07 September 2023

Denying Qatar Airways the opportunity to operate more flights to and from Australia harms competition at a time when Qantas Airways is facing huge public pressure for posting record profits, a former head of the country’s antitrust watchdog has said.

05 September 2023

A proposal from a paint spray manufacturer to impose minimum advertising prices on its distributors would likely dampen competition and lead to consumers paying more, Australia’s antitrust watchdog has found.

31 August 2023

The complexity of assessing ANZ’s proposed acquisition of Suncorp’s banking division requires an extended review until February 2024, the Australian Competition Tribunal has held.

29 August 2023

Australia’s largest steelmaker has received the highest-ever penalty imposed for cartel conduct in the country for attempting to induce nine businesses into a price-fixing conspiracy for flat steel products.

29 August 2023

A newly-established competition taskforce in Australia has launched a two-year review into whether the country’s competition framework is fit for purpose.

25 August 2023