Keywords:
Introduction Application of the Trade Practices Act 1974 - constitutional base; application to the crown; exemptions and execptions; specific applications; extraterritorial application; authorisation; notification Concepts and definitions - competition; market; market power; goods; services; supply and acquisition Anti-competitive agreements - including price-fixing, exclusionary provisions, secondary boycotts Misuse of market power - the threshold test; taking advantage of a substantial degree of market power; the proscribed purposes Exclusive dealings - the meaning of "on the condition that"; product restrictions; customer restrictions; territorial restrictions; exclusive dealerships and franchises Resale price maintenance - including the defence of loss-leadering Price discrimination Mergers and acquisitions Remedies, penalties and enforcement - pecuniary penalties; injunctions; divestiture; damages; other relief; enforceability of undertakings; corporate and individual liability