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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 Conversation

‘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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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Albanese meets Solomons PM – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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.

ABC News

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

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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

The Guardian - AU

The power of one: Gina Cass-Gottlieb on becoming the first woman to lead the ACCC

The high-powered lawyer’s career was dominated by defending the big end of town. So what can Australians expect from her tenure as head of the consumer watchdog?

The Guardian - AU

‘My coffee has gone up $6,500 a year’: Australian businesses emerging from Covid crisis struggle with food price hikes

Cafes and food producers across country are grappling with the dilemma of whether they can pass on rising costs to customers and remain competitive

The Guardian - AU

The ACCC is suing Meta for celebrity crypto scam ads on Facebook. Here's why the tech giant could be found liable

On the last day of his 11 years as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims announced the commission is bringing a “world-first” claim against Meta (owner of Facebook) in the Federal Court for false or misleading conduct.

The Conversation

ACCC says investigation into Facebook's response to scammers is in advanced stage, hints legal action may follow

Facebook could soon be legally defending its record on scammers, with the Australian consumer watchdog revealing an investigation into the company is "very advanced".

ABC News

Unfair practices law needed to improve consumer protection, says outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims

The outgoing head of Australia's competition regulator wants to see the crackdown on big tech extended to outlawing unfair practices, a move he says could also benefit consumers in other sectors, such as travel.

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Reining in the digital giants: Rod Sims on the trials and triumphs of a decade as head of the consumer watchdog

Outgoing Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair reflects on his time as consumer protector and market guardian

AAP

Rapid test kits were not redirected: ACCC

The head of the ACCC has confirmed there were false reports of rapid test kits being redirected to the federal government and the watchdog is investigating.

AAP

Stronger rules for digital giants: ACCC

Consumer watchdog Rod Sims says new rules to protect Australians in the digital sphere must be strengthened, building on work already completed.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s post-Covid recovery will be hurt by high levels of market concentration, ACCC’s Rod Sims says

Outgoing consumer watchdog chair says supply challenges are made worse by anti-competitive activity and merger laws ‘not up to the task’

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Scott Morrison speaks to Ukraine PM; 60 Covid deaths reported – as it happened

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‘Extremely concerned’: ACCC calls for reform as gas prices rise

The consumer watchdog has urged the Morrison government to extend a crackdown as falling supply threatens to further raise gas prices for households.

The New Daily

‘Very difficult to justify’: Watchdog slams major retailers for price gouging on rapid antigen tests

Major retail chains BP and IGA have been named and shamed by the consumer watchdog for ripping off shoppers with exorbitant rapid antigen test (RAT) prices.

AAP

Sims to maintain the rage after ACCC term

Australia's competition watchdog chairman doesn't mind being called an activist regulator, because he believes that's exactly what he should be doing.

The Canberra Times

Rod Sims wants to fix the world's monopolies

After 11 years in one Australia's most high-profile regulator role, the ACCC chair could yet have even more impact for consumers around the world.

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