Competition Policy Review
ABL submission on the Issues paper
Arnold Bloch Leibler
Key issues addressed include the ACCC Immunity Policy, the cartel laws (suggesting there is merit in abolishing the convoluted new cartel laws and reverting to the prior definition of price fixing under s 45A; alternatively there is a need for amendment and clarity), joint venture exceptions, third line forcing (suggesting removal of per se ban), resale price maintenance (suggesting removal of per se ban), predatory pricing (suggesting removing Birdsville amendment), price signalling laws (suggesting removing the current ban), the ACCC's coercive powers (proposing the Panel 'consider a requirement of reasonableness and proportionality in the issuing of section 155 notices' (para 38))
