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Australia's Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is crowing today after the nation's Federal Court agreed with its ruling on how much dominant telco Telstra can charge for wholesale services on its fixed line networks. In 2015 the Commission decreed that Telstra must cut wholesale prices by 9.4 per cent. The …

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  1. Colin Tree

    ACCC power

    So why can't the same price control apply to our electricity supply ?

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    1. Pompous Git Silver badge
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      Re: ACCC power

      "why can't the same price control apply to our electricity supply ?"
      The telecoms companies operate nationally and subject to federal government controls while the electricity suppliers are state-based and mainly subject to state government controls.

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