Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Commission overview
Formed	1995
Preceding agencies	Australian Trade Practices Commission; Prices Surveillance Authority;
Jurisdiction	Australia
Headquarters	23 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra
Employees	1,261 (2020–21)
Annual budget	A$304.96 million (2020–21)
Commission executives	Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair; Delia Rickard, Deputy Chair; Mick Keogh, Deputy Chair; Stephen Ridgeway, Commissioner; Anna Brakey, Commissioner; Peter Crone, Commissioner; Liza Carver, Commissioner;
Parent department	Treasury
Child commission	Australian Energy Regulator;
Website	accc.gov.au

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974, which was renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 on 1 January 2011. The ACCC's mandate is to protect consumer rights and business rights and obligations, to perform industry regulation and price monitoring, and to prevent illegal anti-competitive behaviour.

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