The ACCC

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Status Captured in effect

The body meant to keep markets honest. It sits at the centre of every rort, running inquiries and publishing findings, and has never once ordered a structural break-up of the concentration it keeps describing.

First tracked: 2017
Last on record: 2026-10
Named in: 37 articles
Across: 9 cases

Named in 37 articles across 9 cases 62 connections: companies 28, lobbies 4, mechanisms 9, regulators and bodies 6, agencies and departments 5, police 2, parties and organisations 1, people 7

Key figure on file

Almost 99%

Two airline groups control almost 99 per cent of all domestic flights, according to the ACCC. ACCC, March 2026 [1]

Articles naming it

Cases it recurs across

Linked in the graph

Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Inflation Rort67%of supermarket grocery sales controlled by Woolworths and Coles, in a sector the ACCC describes as ‘oligopolistic’ with ‘limited incentive to compe…13 articles →The Airline RortAlmost 99%Two airline groups control almost 99 per cent of all domestic flights, according to the ACCC.8 articles →The Roads Rort44 articles →The Triple Zero Rort44 articles →Australia's Gas Heist3 companiesACCC June 2025: risk of east coast domestic gas shortfall in 2026 depends entirely on whether Queensland LNG producers export all their uncontracte…3 articles →The Surcharge Rort22 articles →The Cartel Switch2 daysApplication AA1000717-1 was lodged on 18 March 2026 by B P AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MOBIL OIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AMPOL LIM…1 article →The Privacy Rort11 article →The Reporting Rort11 article →

Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

Almost 99%Two airline groups control almost 99 per cent of all domestic flights, according to the ACCC.Source: ACCC, March 2026 [1]The fare →
2 daysApplication AA1000717-1 was lodged on 18 March 2026 by B P AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, MOBIL OIL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AMPOL LIMITED and AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM LTD. The register records the ACCC decision regarding interim authorisation on 20 March 2026.Thirteen days, pointed backwards →
3 companiesACCC June 2025: risk of east coast domestic gas shortfall in 2026 depends entirely on whether Queensland LNG producers export all their uncontracted gas. Three companies control this decision. No reservation policy applies.Source: ACCC Gas Inquiry, June 2025The east coast gas cartel →
67%of supermarket grocery sales controlled by Woolworths and Coles, in a sector the ACCC describes as ‘oligopolistic’ with ‘limited incentive to compete vigorously on price.’ EBIT margins among the highest globally.Source: ACCC Supermarkets Inquiry final report, March 2025Greedflation →

Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 37 articles that name the ACCC, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about the ACCC.

Evidence strength · 756 sources across 37 articles

Primary 352
Official 107
Masthead 71
Trade 117
Aggregator 28
Unusable 8
73 not yet graded

Primary: the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official: the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead: a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade: specialist or trade press
Aggregator: republishes others’ work
Unusable: its own sourcing cannot be established

How sources are graded

32 of 37 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 03 / Named together

The 12 names most often in the same articles as The ACCC. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.

Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10Auto-assembled