● THE INFLATION RORT: Four rises in 2026   ♦ GAS REVENUE FOREGONE: A$537 A SECOND SINCE 1 JULY 2022   ♦ THE REPORTING RORT: The fifth system   ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: The cost the Tax Office won’t wear   ♦ THE AIRLINE RORT: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 8 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ THE CARTEL SWITCH: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ THE COMPLIANCE MACHINE: ONGOING · UNRESOLVED · 1 INVESTIGATIONS   ♦ 105 ENTITIES TRACKED · 100 INVESTIGATIONS · 0 STRUCTURAL BREAK-UPS   ♦ THE SURCHARGE RORT: A line off the receipt   ♦ THE INFLATION RORT: The grill

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ENTITY / ACTORFEDERAL REGULATORSTATUS · Captured in effectFIRST TRACKED · 2017ACROSS · 7 TOPICS

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

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.

Gas revenue foregone: a rort it declined to break up
A$72,147,024,000
Accruing at a documented average: Punter's Politics / Rort tracking, since 1 Jul 2022.
29
Investigations citing it
7
Topics it recurs across
56
Linked in the graph
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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…11 investigations →The Airline Rort88 investigations →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 investigations →The Roads Rort10–20 cents/litrethe difference between the cycle peak and the cycle trough in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, documented in ACCC quarterly reports for ov…3 investigations →The Surcharge Rort22 investigations →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 investigation →The Reporting Rort11 investigation →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Actors in its orbit
The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 13QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 9WoolworthsCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 9ColesCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 8Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 7Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 7Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 5Barnaby JoycePERSON · ONE NATION MP FOR NEW ENGLAND · 4Sydney AirportCOMPANY · INFRASTRUCTURE · 4SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 4INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 4WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 4TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 4Alan JoycePERSON · EXECUTIVE · 3Virgin AustraliaCOMPANY · AVIATION · 3American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 3ACCILOBBY · BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 3ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 3ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 3The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 3One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 3Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 2VisaCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2MastercardCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2eftposCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2COSBOALOBBY · SMALL BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2Bridget McKenziePERSON · SHADOW INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, RESIGNED AS SPORTS MINISTER IN 2020 · 1News CorpCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1NineCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1The eSafety CommissionerFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1Victoria PoliceSTATE POLICE FORCE · 1NSW PoliceSTATE POLICE FORCE · 1The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1GoogleACTOR · PLATFORM · 1OpenAICOMPANY · AI · 1The ASDACTOR · AGENCY · 1PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 1The OAICFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1NPWSACTOR · AGENCY · 1Cyber Security NSWACTOR · BODY · 1OptusCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 1MedibankCOMPANY · HEALTH INSURANCE · 1Australian Clinical LabsCOMPANY · PATHOLOGY · 1TelstraCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 1Commonwealth OmbudsmanACTOR · WATCHDOG · 1Pauline HansonPERSON · SENATOR, ONE NATION LEADER · 1pay.com.auCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1
Mechanisms in play
The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 6Duopoly & ConcentrationMECHANISM · 5The Chairman's LoungeMECHANISM · LOBBYING · 3Sunset ClausesMECHANISM · SAFEGUARD THEATRE · 1The exceptional circumstances declarationMECHANISM · STATUTORY SWITCH · 1The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 1The Big FourMECHANISM · CONSULTANCY · 1Digital IDMECHANISM · IDENTITY · 1Interchange feesMECHANISM · CARD FEES · 1

03 / The evidence chain

The Inflation Rort
01The two inflationsTHE INFLATION RORT02GreedflationTHE INFLATION RORT03Why the RBA did all the workTHE INFLATION RORT05Who rate rises helpedTHE INFLATION RORT06The fiscal tools they didn’t useTHE INFLATION RORT07The political connectionsTHE INFLATION RORT08The reckoningTHE INFLATION RORT13Are corporations untouched?THE INFLATION RORT14The savers’ shareTHE INFLATION RORT16Is it the only way?THE INFLATION RORT18Seven votes for a gas export tax, all lostTHE INFLATION RORT
The Airline Rort
01The fareTHE AIRLINE RORT02The duopolyTHE AIRLINE RORT03The Qatar blockTHE AIRLINE RORT04Alan Joyce and the politiciansTHE AIRLINE RORT05The frequent flyer financial machineTHE AIRLINE RORT06Who owns the airportsTHE AIRLINE RORT07What the media coveredTHE AIRLINE RORT08What would fix itTHE AIRLINE RORT
Australia's Gas Heist
01We gave away the gasAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST10The east coast gas cartelAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST15The buyer and the backstopAUSTRALIA'S GAS HEIST
The Roads Rort
04The fuel price cycleTHE ROADS RORT07What the media coveredTHE ROADS RORT08What would fix itTHE ROADS RORT
The Surcharge Rort
01A line off the receiptTHE SURCHARGE RORT02The cost the Tax Office won’t wearTHE SURCHARGE RORT
The Cartel Switch
01Thirteen days, pointed backwardsTHE CARTEL SWITCH
The Reporting Rort
03Fourteen daysTHE REPORTING RORT

Nobody wrote this page. It assembled itself from every investigation that names The ACCC, and it deepens automatically each time The Rort publishes another. The more the archive grows, the sharper this dossier gets, and the lobbyist, the donation and the revolving-door minister who recur across all of it become impossible to miss.

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