Baker McKenzie | Australia | 21 Mar 2022
On 28 February 2022, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opened a public consultation on options for legislative reform to…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 24 Jun 2020
From 1 July 2020, advertisements for medicines in most consumer media will no longer require pre-approval by the Therapeutic Goods…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 3 Mar 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a fine to an online and bricks and mortar retailer of four-wheel drive and…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 29 Feb 2020
The rise of online search engines, social media and digital content aggregators (digital platforms) has led to significant changes in the way…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 22 Jan 2020
The Australian Government has now opened the consultation process in its review of Australian classification regulation (Classification Review) with…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 20 Dec 2019
The Australian Government has now released its response and an 'Implementation Roadmap' (Response) to the Australian Competition and Consumer…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 8 Oct 2019
The boundary between consumer protection and privacy regulation is being scrutinised and challenged by the Australian Competition and Consumer…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 8 Oct 2019
On 10 July 2019, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released its first telecommunications complaints report, which looked at…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 1 May 2019
On 15 March 2019 the Federal Court ordered penalties of AUS 250,000 against an Australian internet provider (Internet Provider) for making false or…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 18 Dec 2018
On 21 November 2018, Australia's Governor General enacted the Copyright (International Protection) Amendment Regulations 2018 under the Copyright Act…