Media releases

The Albanese Government will reform Australia’s merger rules to boost competition and productivity in our economy.

Today we have released the interim report of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct independent review, commissioned by the Albanese Government.

The Government is today releasing an issues paper

Yesterday the Parliament passed the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Fair Go for Consumers and Small Business) Bill 2024.

The Albanese Government is taking the next steps to ensure multinational companies pay their fair share of tax.

The Albanese Government is working to expand Australia’s global relationships with

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has today released results from a survey of employers on the use of restraint clauses, revealing that 1 in 5 Australian businesses (21 per cent) used non‑c

The Albanese Government has appointed Dr Craig Emerson and Ms Sally McMahon and reappointed Ms Katrina Groshinski as a part‑time Councillors to the National Competition Council each from 23 Februar

Consumer and small business advocates will now have special powers to raise significant and systemic issues with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for investigation.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its promise to make multinational companies pay their fair share with consultations opening on exposure draft legislation to establish one of the world’s mo

Australians will have the opportunity to have their say on how the supermarket sector is impacting the rising cost-of-living, with consultations opening as part of an independent review of the Food

The Albanese Government has formally issued a direction to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate pricing and competition in the supermarket sector to ensure Australians

The Albanese Government will direct the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to investigate pricing and competition in the supermarket sector to ensure Australians are paying a fai

The Albanese Government has appointed Dr Craig Emerson to lead the 2023–24 review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (the Code) to ensure that the supermarket sector is working as it should.

The Australian Government is expanding its tax treaty negotiation program to work towards its first tax treaties with Ukraine and Brazil, and to update treaties with New Zealand, the Republic of Ko

The Albanese Government is delivering on the Government’s Better Competition election commitment, with the release of draft legislation which creates a designated complaints function within the Aus

The first coins featuring the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III have now been manufactured by the Royal Australian Mint and released into circulation.

The Albanese Government encourages Australians to be generous in supporting charities, while remaining vigilant against fraudulent charity scams.

Today the Productivity Commission has released the draft report of its once‑in‑a‑generation review of philanthropic giving in Australia.

The Government has signed a new tax treaty with Portugal, representing the first tax treaty between the two nations.