The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft new Immunity and Cooperation Policy for Cartel Conduct (new policy) and a supporting Frequently Asked Questions document (FAQs) for public comment. ...

The Australian Anti-Dumping Commission ("ADC") has yesterday initiated an anti-circumvention inquiry ("Inquiry") in relation to the exportation of certain aluminium extrusions exported to Australia by the People's Republic of Chin...

Following a flurry of media speculation on 7 April 2014, the Federal Government announced that Australia had concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with Japan as Australia's second-biggest trading partner.  However, it...

On 2 April 2014, the High Court of Australia put to rest any prior belief that there is a general right of recovery outside of the refund provisions of the Customs Act 1901 ("Customs Act"). The High Court dismissed the appeal in ...

Yesterday, the Australian Government released the text of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement or "KAFTA" to the Australian public. As detailed in our previous HH CTT Update on 6 December 2013, the agreement was concluded b...

In May 2012, following "Operation Polaris", the (then) Federal Government announced a number of measures to be adopted to strengthen the supply chain and reduce the risk of criminal involvement in that supply chain. The measure...