By Francesco Naismith & Baethan Mullen1 Market studies have recently risen to prominence in Australia’s competition policy. Reviews of energy markets, financial services, insurance, agriculture, Murray Darling water markets, car retailing, and digital platforms have all been completed in the last half decade.2 Almost every major sector of the Australian economy has been examined.… Continue reading Market Studies: Making All the Difference?
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Economics of Potential Competition
Potential competition is an economic force not yet shaping competition in a given market, but which has the potential to do so in the foreseeable future. It has recently moved up the competition policy enforcement agenda due to the growing interest in innovation-related theories of competitive harm and the rapid development of digital technologies and… Continue reading Economics of Potential Competition
Is Competition Policy the Right Response to the Crisis of Journalism?
By Matteo Giangaspero1 Concerns over how the competitive dynamics of online markets are affecting the sustainability of public interest journalism and the quality of information have arisen across many jurisdictions. Calls for intervention seem to take the view that news quality is a value that should be preserved in democratic societies; and that the… Continue reading Is Competition Policy the Right Response to the Crisis of Journalism?
Ensuring International Alignment of National Competition Policy Initiatives
Below, we have provided the full transcript of our panel discussion Ensuring International Alignment of National Competition Policy Initiatives. Read below to see the timely discussion where a panel of experts deepened the discussion regarding this topic in the context of the APAC region, and globally. David EVANS: Hi, this is David Evans. Welcome to… Continue reading Ensuring International Alignment of National Competition Policy Initiatives
Report Finds Google Continues To Dominate Australian Searches
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) third Digital Platform Services Inquiry interim report found that Google continues to be the dominant search engine in Australia, with a market share of 94%. Google Search is the default search engine on the two most popular browsers in Australia, Google’s Chrome browser and Apple’s Safari browser, which… Continue reading Report Finds Google Continues To Dominate Australian Searches
“Something Is Happening Here but You Don’t Know What It Is. Do You, Mrs. Jones?” Dark Patterns as an Antitrust Violation
Internet users surfing from one website to another, or using various web-enabled applications, regularly encounter “dark patterns” — web-design choices that trick users into unknowingly providing more time, money, or attention than they realize. Dark patterns thus manipulate users, impairing their ability to exercise free choice and to express their actual preferences. Their use on… Continue reading “Something Is Happening Here but You Don’t Know What It Is. Do You, Mrs. Jones?” Dark Patterns as an Antitrust Violation
Merger Reform in Australia: Possible Approaches
By Rhonda L. Smith & Deborah Healey1 Like many other jurisdictions, Australia is reviewing its approach to assessing mergers, particularly in the context of the digital environment. Merger notification is not compulsory in Australia. The most common review process is a voluntary informal clearance procedure not contained in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010… Continue reading Merger Reform in Australia: Possible Approaches
How Self-Preferencing Can Violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act
Self-preferencing occurs when a firm unfairly modifies its operations to privilege its own, another firm’s, or a set of firms’ products or services. Extensive domestic and international investigations have confirmed that dominant technology corporations, like Google and Facebook, use self-preferencing to acquire, maintain, and entrench their dominant market position. This article will explain how self-preferencing… Continue reading How Self-Preferencing Can Violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act
Australian Watchdog Says Apple & Google’s App Stores Dominance Is Impacting Consumers
Australia’s competition watchdog announced on Wednesday, April 28, that regulation may be required to address the significant market power app stores owned by Alphabet’s Google and Apple have if they do not take steps to assuage concerns. The global dominance of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store has been criticized by some app makers… Continue reading Australian Watchdog Says Apple & Google’s App Stores Dominance Is Impacting Consumers
Google Looks To Collaborate With Australian Regulator On New Tech Laws
Google has offered the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) a number of suggestions on how best to move forward with regulation in the digital advertising space, saying a “collaborative” approach would provide the most benefit to consumers and Australian businesses. “Google succeeds when our partners do — so we have a strong incentive to… Continue reading Google Looks To Collaborate With Australian Regulator On New Tech Laws