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Head of Australia’s competition watchdog calls for new mandate to police airline industry

Exclusive: Gina Cass-Gottlieb says ACCC needs greater powers to help new entrants compete with Qantas and Virgin

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: the Albanese government has questions to answer on competition

The Albanese government this week announced a review of competition policy. At the same time, it is not able to convincingly explain its decision to refuse Qatar Airways’ bid to expand its flights to Australia.

The Conversation

Revealed: major Australian supermarkets almost never the cheapest place for your fresh produce

Exclusive: Guardian survey shows fruit and vegetables at independent and Asian grocers are routinely cheaper than Woolworths and Coles

The Guardian - AU

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India will have huge leverage in bargaining dynamics with big tech: Australian MP Paul Fletcher

In a boost to the Digital India Act, Australian MP Paul Fletcher on July 18 said that India would have an edge over tech giants in “bargaining dynamics” if a legislation governing revenue-sharing between social media platforms and news publishers is brought in place, said Australian MP Paul Fletcher.

The Hindu

The fight over the future of digital news is in Canada

OTTAWA, Canada — A law that props up the news industry has turned Canada into the latest battleground for global tech giants that are pushing back against governments trying to curb their dominance.

Tribune News Service

ACCC says it’s crucial that rules change to prevent Qantas, Virgin duopoly

The Albanese government is facing growing calls to crack down on major airlines like Qantas hoarding plane slots at Sydney Airport.

The New Daily

Qantas and Virgin given little incentive to cheapen air fares, watchdog warns

ACCC warns airline industry is at ‘critical juncture’ with a developing duopoly stunting competition

The Guardian - AU

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‘Paying too much’: calls for ongoing inquiry to monitor airlines over price-gouging fears

Exclusive: consumer and aviation figures call for continued scrutiny as Australian companies post multibillion-dollar profits and ticket prices remain high

The Guardian - AU

The gas industry is being hit with jacked-up taxes. What's changing?

Tuesday's federal budget will include changes to a key tax levied on gas exporters, aimed at bringing billions in additional revenue to the budget over the next few years. But some say it still falls too far short.

ABC News

Port of Newcastle says competition watchdog's container case loss won't stop its plans

ACCC comments on its loss in major container terminal case

Newcastle Herald

Energy users and ex-ACCC boss praise government for staring down ‘bullies of the gas industry’

Industry argues capping gas at $12 a gigajoule risks future investment but experts say price is top end of range forecast before invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

To start cutting gas and electricity prices, here's what the government looks likely to deliver by Christmas

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he’ll have a system in place to deal with rising energy prices by Christmas.

The Conversation

Cheaper gas and electricity prices are within Australia's grasp – here's what to do

Virtually every country in the world is facing a crisis in energy costs, yet while other countries can’t do much about it, Australia can.

The Conversation

Morning Mail: push for gas export limits, teen vaping addicts call Quit, UN doubts climate pledges

Thursday: Former competition watchdog boss Rod Sims says gas industry ‘just needs the threat’ of export caps to lower prices. Plus: 46 uses for leftover cheese

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Threaten Australian gas companies with export limits to rein in domestic prices, former ACCC boss says

Exclusive: Rod Sims argues federal government needs to be tougher, stating ‘it just needs the threat and I think they will act’

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Rod Sims on tax reform and the gas price crisis

The government has flirted with, and now ruled out, changing the Stage 3 tax cut in the October 25 budget, which appears set to be dominated by some deep spending cuts. In the longer term, however, debate will continue over the need to reform Australia’s tax system, as the calls…

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers plays the tease as he pushes to change Stage 3 tax cuts

When Scott Morrison was treasurer he flew the kite for an increase in the GST. The debate ran a while, before then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull shut it down. It was all too hard.

The Guardian - AU

‘A period of rebirth’: Lyndon Terracini steps down early from Opera Australia

The artistic director has resigned a year before his contract ends – within a week of former ACCC chair Rod Sims taking the beleaguered company’s helm

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Treasurer rules out Medicare levy hike

Lifting the Medicare levy to funnel more funds into the strained public healthcare system is not on the Albanese government's agenda.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese meets Solomons PM – as it happened

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ABC News

Former ACCC boss Rod Sims calls for tax increases amid debate over stage 3 cuts

The former chair of the ACCC says taxes must rise if the federal government wants to deliver the essential services Australians demand.

The Guardian - AU

Fake Twitter accounts for new senator suspended – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Rod Sims says Facebook should be forced to negotiate with SBS under news media bargaining code

Despite dozens of deals to pay Australian news publishers for content, social media company has left out SBS and the Conversation

The Guardian - AU

ABC veterans call on voters to back election candidates who support the public broadcaster

‘At no point in my lifetime has the ABC been more important than it is today,’ says Kerry O’Brien in one campaign video

The Guardian - AU

ABC funding should be safeguarded against government influence, Rod Sims says

Former competition watchdog also calls for five-year budget guarantees, as pledged by Labor, and stronger ABC governance

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