Australian Competition Law: Expert Profiles
Professor David Round AM
Member, Australian Competition Tribunal
Commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia
Relevant qualifications and honours
- B. Economics (Adelaide), 1966
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B. Economics (1st class honours) (Adelaide), 1968
Member of the Order of Australia, for 'significant service to business and commerce, particularly in the areas of competition policy and market regulation' (2014)
Relevant work history and committee involvement
- 1998-current - Member, Australian Competition Tribunal
- 2014-current - Commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia
- 2001-2014 Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Regulation & Market Analysis (University of South Australia) (ret 2014)
- 2009-current - Lay Member, High Court of New Zealand
- Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Delaware
- 2005 - member of two panels, one for electricity and one for gas, to assist the District Court of SA in hearing appeals under the Essential Service Commission Act 2002
- July-October 2004 - Viisiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury
- 1997-2005 - Member, Australian Communications Authority
- 1986-1998, Associate Member, Trade Practices Commission/Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- 1989 - Associate Member of the Australian Telecommunications Authority
Trade Practices Workshop
- Convenor of the annual UniSA Trade Practices Workshop (2003-2013)
Competition law publications
- David K Round, Max Bessell and Manish Agarwal, 'Increasing shares in Australian Professional Services Markets: Is s 50 a barrier to growth by acquisition?' (2010) 38 ABLR 238
- Rhonda Smith, Arlen Duke and David Round, 'Signalling, collusion and s 45 of the Trade Practices Act' (2009) 17 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 22-42
- Stephen Corones, David Merrett and David Round, 'Building an Effective Trade Practices Commission: The Role of Professor Robert Baxt AO' (2009) 49(2) Australian Economic History Review 138-172
- David Merrett, Stephen Corones and David Round, 'The introduction of competition policy in Australia: the role of Ron Bannerman' (2007) 47(2) Australian Economic History Review 178-199
- Stephen Corones, David Merrett and David Round, 'Bob McComas and the Trade Practices Commission: doing it his way' (2005) 33(6) Australian Business Law Review 475-485
- More forthcoming