Australian implementation guide

Sources and evidence policy

This portal verifies the final legal text against the Federal Register, legislative history against Parliament, implementation policy against Treasury and current enforcement against ACCC or court records. Every material claim uses a stable source ID. Private commentary can identify questions but does not replace the Act, a regulation, regulator statement or procedural record.

Editorial implementation guidance
Law
Federal Register of Legislation
Process
Parliament and Treasury
Enforcement
ACCC, ACMA and court records

How cases are labelled

An investigation, allegation, infringement notice, undertaking, admission and court finding have different procedural meanings. The case tracker records the actual posture and legal basis rather than implying guilt or enforcement of a future provision. Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026

How pending instruments are handled

A missing regulation or guide remains “pending”. The portal records where it checked and never fills an operational gap with a stale exposure draft or competitor summary. Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026

Evidence base

Sources

  1. Dark commercial patternsOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · OECD Digital Economy Papers No. 336
  2. An Ontology of Dark Patterns KnowledgeGray et al.; ACM CHI 2024 · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1145/3613904.3642436; arXiv:2309.09640
  3. Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping WebsitesMathur et al.; arXiv · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · arXiv:1907.07032
  4. Shining a Light on Dark PatternsLuguri and Strahilevitz; Journal of Legal Analysis · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1093/jla/laaa006
  5. I am Definitely Manipulated, Even When I am Aware of it. It’s Ridiculous!Bongard-Blanchy et al.; ACM DIS 2021 · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · arXiv:2104.12653
  6. Duped by design: Manipulative online design: Dark patterns in AustraliaConsumer Policy Research Centre · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14
  7. Patterns in the dark: deceptive practices in online interactionsUniversity of South Australia for the Data Standards Body · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14
  8. Dark Patterns Meet GUI Agents: LLM Agent Susceptibility to Manipulative Interfaces and the Role of Human OversightTang et al.; ACM CHI 2026 · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1145/3772318.3791568; arXiv:2509.10723
  9. Behavioural study on unfair commercial practices in the digital environmentEuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.2838/859030; ISBN 978-92-76-52316-1
  10. Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026Federal Register of Legislation · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · C2026A00064
  11. Notification of Royal Assent: Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Act 2026Commonwealth of Australia Gazette · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · C2026G00450
  12. Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026Parliament of Australia · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · r7468
  13. Bills Digest No. 58, 2025 to 2026: Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026Parliamentary Library · Secondary · checked 2026-08-09
  14. Inquiry into the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026Senate Economics Legislation Committee · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  15. Unfair trading tricks and traps to be bannedTreasury Ministers · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  16. Unfair trading practices: exposure draft consultationTreasury · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  17. Exposure draft explanatory materials: unfair trading practicesTreasury · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  18. Protecting consumers from unfair trading practices: Decision Regulation Impact StatementTreasury · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  19. Extending unfair trading protections to small businessesTreasury · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  20. Competition and Consumer Act 2010, including Schedule 2: Australian Consumer LawFederal Register of Legislation · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · C2004A00109
  21. Manipulative conduct in the digital economy, pricing claims and competition in essential services among ACCC priorities for year aheadAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  22. Fines and penaltiesAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  23. Online travel agency eDreams pays penalties and gives undertaking over allegedly misleading subscription pricesAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  24. JustAnswer to pay $10m in penalties for misleading pricing representations and misleading affiliation claimsAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  25. HelloFresh and Youfoodz in court over alleged subscription trapsAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  26. Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptionsAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  27. Review of the Amended Unfair Contract Terms Protections: Final ReportTreasury · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  28. Fair's fair: the case for prohibiting unfair trading practices in financial servicesAustralian Securities and Investments Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  29. ACMA to replace telco consumer code with stronger protectionsAustralian Communications and Media Authority · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  30. Competition and consumer law responding to economic changeAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14