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I don't think the Senator was asking for ACCC to investigate ebook pricing in Australia per se. What he was specifically asking was whether Australians were impacted by the collusion of Apple and the big publishers. The answer, of course, was yes.
The problem he is raising is definitely being addressed at source as the ACCC pointed out. Did these findings actually result in compensation to consumers? And if so, did that trickle through to consumers globally? I don't buy many big six books so it could well have gone right past me without my notice.
However, perhaps he might have requested a different angle to the investigation. From what I understand there is some other element in play which artificially raises the price of ebooks bought in Australia due to some agreement with local publishers. I can't remember where I read about this or how accurate it still is, but it wasn't related to Apple in any way. Anyone have more info on this?
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