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Welcome to The State of Competition, Australia’s home of competition law analysis. Every month or so we bring you a short piece examining a topical issue.

The State of Competition is published by Alexandra Merrett, Rachel Trindade and Rhonda Smith, experienced practitioners in the field of Australian competition law and economics. You can find out more about Rhonda, Rachel and Alexandra, including brief bios, selected publications and contact details by following the links below.

Issue 11: A road map to statutory immunity in Australia

While antitrust economics might reflect universal principles, the same cannot be said of the law. Australia’s complex system for statutory immunity is one of the more unusual features of our competition law framework – much like a local short-cut, however, not everyone is familiar with it so it can be under-utilised. While the substantive prohibitions in Part IV of the Continue Reading

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Recent Issues

Follow the archives link to see past issues of The State Of Competition

Issue 10: The consumer is king!
Issue 9: 2012 in review
Issue 8: When agents (allegedly) price fix
Issue 7: A primer in market definition
Issue 6: The ACCC's review of merger processes
Issue 5: Pricing & generator market power in the National Electricity Market