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Fuel excise reset

During his Budget speech on Tuesday 29 March 2022, the then Federal Treasurer (the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP) announced that the Federal fuel excise would be halved from midnight on 30 March...

Businesses need to be prepared to back up their environmental claims

MEDIA RELEASE 20.09.2022 Businesses need to be ready to substantiate any environmental or sustainability claims when marketing their goods and services, ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said. In a speech to the Sydney Morning...

International oil prices drove petrol prices higher despite excise cut

MEDIA RELEASE 05.09.2022 Despite the six-month cut in fuel excise reducing retail petrol prices in the June quarter 2022, the ACCC’s latest quarterly petrol monitoring report shows this could not prevent real (inflation adjusted) retail...

ACCC warns: Comply with mandatory button battery laws or face serious penalties

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has placed businesses that sell button batteries or products powered by them on notice as mandatory button battery laws come into place. Businesses have been warned...

ACCC: Fuel excise cut was passed on

The ACCC has released its latest petrol monitoring report which confirms that in the days and weeks following the fuel excise cut and that the subsequent increase to prices was a result...

Petrol retailers starting to pass through fuel excise cut

ACCC monitoring of petrol prices has found significant falls in retail prices in the major capital cities a week after the cut in fuel excise came into effect. "The fuel excise cut, announced...

Petrol prices to be watched following excise cut

The ACCC has stated it will monitor petrol prices following the Federal Budget announcement of a six-month reduction in fuel excise. ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says its petrol team will focus on this...

Peters pays for anti-competitive exclusive dealing

The Federal Court has ordered that Australasian Food Group (AFG), trading as Peters Ice Cream, pay a $12 million penalty for anti-competitive conduct in relation to the distribution of ice creams sold...
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