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With a focus on addressing cost of living concerns, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is cracking down on practices that may harm consumers and market competition.

Our partner, Andrew Thompson, recently sat down with the folks at Australasian Lawyer to discuss his unusual pathway into the law.

From 9 November onwards, there are changes to the Unfair Contracts Regime in force, which, amongst other things, increase the scope and scale of penalties.

The Federal Court of Australia has imposed hefty penalties on Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd (Lactalis), a large dairy processor, for various contraventions of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes – Dairy) Regulation 2019 (Cth) (the Dairy Code), totalling $950,000.

In the fifth episode of Legally Consumed the CIE Legal hosts are joined by Jared Pereira, senior corporate counsel at Fonterra Australia, a dairy production company. This episode covers the extent to which legal and ethical issues are intertwined with the dairy production industry. Further, Jared shares his extensive experience in maneuvering critical issues such as compliance with export country’s regulations and dealing with contamination concerns.

For our second episode of Legally Consumed, our CIE Legal co-hosts sat down with Travis Nott and Anthony Dinoto, co-founders of Bonehead Brewing in their taphouse and brewery.