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The Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) has directed telco NetSIP to comply with Australia’s phone scam rules after its investigation found the telco breached monitoring, information-sharing and reporting obligations.

The ACCC has published a Statement of Issues outlining its preliminary competition concerns with Icon Group’s proposed acquisitions of leases at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital in Queensland, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside in Chermside, Queensland and St John of God Geelong Hospital in Victoria.

The Federal Court has decided to impose penalties totalling $6 million on Honda Australia, accepting Honda engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, and made false or misleading representations to customers of former authorised Honda Australia dealerships Brighton Automotive Holdings Pty Ltd (Astoria), Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (Tynan) and Buick Holdings Pty Ltd (Burswood).

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has joined competition, consumer protection, and economic regulators from across the Pacific to share intelligence, investigative techniques, and best practice in a newly formed initiative - the Pacific Island Network of Competition Consumer and Economic Regulators or PINCCER.

The UK regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has again changed its stance on Microsoft's bid to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard following a decision by an American court against the US Federal Trade Commission's bid to block the deal.

New Zealand competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has published a statement of issues relating to an application from Connexa Limited (Connexa) to acquire certain passive mobile telecommunications infrastructure assets from Two Degrees Networks Limited and Two Degrees Mobile Limited (2degrees).

Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific is to pay penalties of $12.5 million for failing to use attention-capturing, high-impact language when communicating with consumers about the compulsory recall of potentially deadly Takata airbags.

Australia’s telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a warning refuting claims it had endorsed Interference management tools.

New Zealand’s consumer competition regulator The Commerce Commission has received an application for clearance for a transaction that would see the merger of the Vocus Group with 2degrees.

New Zealand’s consumer competition regulator The Commerce Commission has recommended that consumers buying online for Christmas do their research before using an online store for the first time and check any statements on the website about when the goods will be delivered. 

New Zealand regulator and competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings at the High Court in Christchurch seeking declarations that consumer loan provider Moola engaged in cartel conduct relating to online advertising on Google Ads.

The Federal Government has appointed Katherine Vidgen to the board of the Clean Energy Regulator for a period of three years.

Mobile phone services provider Lycamobile has been penalised $600,000 by the telecommunications industry regulator ACMA after prolonged and large-scale customer data failures, which could have put people in danger.

ACCC Commissioner Sarah Court has been appointed to the position of Deputy Chair at Australia’s national corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC),

The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has completed its sunset review of mobile premium services determinations.

Scammers are using telephone calls, SMS messages and emails to take advantage of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

New Zealand online lender Moola has agreed a settlement with the country’s competition regulator the Commerce Commission requiring it to credit or refund approximately $2.8 million to current and former borrowers, after acknowledging the Commission’s view that it charged unreasonable credit and default fees.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency, The Commerce Commission has warned power lines company Horizon Energy for contravening its network quality standards through an excessive level of power outages in the 2017 and 2018 years.

The telecommunications industry regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), is seeking public feedback on its compliance priorities for its 2021–22 work program.

New Zealand’s competition watchdog The Commerce Commission has warned the country’s three mobile network operators that they should provide more meaningful comparison information and guard against overspending by mobile phone consumers.