Harper Reforms: State of Play
The Harper recommendations for reform to Australia’s competition laws are being introduced in two stages, with the misuse of market power reforms being debated separately from the remaining reforms. This week the House passed the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2016 (after 17 second reading speeches and some significant amendment to the original bill) and introduced the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review ) Bill 2017 containing the remaining key Harper reforms. Debate on both bills has now been deferred…