Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Commission overview
Formed1995 (1995)[1]
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionAustralia
Headquarters23 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra[2]
Employees1,261 (2020–21)[3]
Annual budgetA$304.96 million (2020–21)[3]
Commission executives
  • Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair[4]
  • Delia Rickard, Deputy Chair[4]
  • Mick Keogh, Deputy Chair[4]
  • Stephen Ridgeway, Commissioner[4]
  • Anna Brakey, Commissioner[4]
  • Peter Crone, Commissioner[4]
  • Liza Carver, Commissioner[4]
Parent departmentTreasury
Child commission
Websiteaccc.gov.au

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974, which was renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 on 1 January 2011. The ACCC's mandate is to protect consumer rights and business rights and obligations, to perform industry regulation and price monitoring, and to prevent illegal anti-competitive behaviour.

  1. ^ "About the ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Contact the ACCC". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Sims, Rod (October 2021). "ACCC and AER Annual Report 2020–21" (PDF). Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "ACCC Chair and Commissioners". Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2022.