Posts tagged "australian competition and consumer commission"

A group of franchisees of the gym chain Viva Leisure are taking legal action against their franchisor over a change to their agreement.

The consumer watchdog will take action against dodgy debt collectors, amid concern of a spike in unfair debt collection practices.

The Federal Court has found Australia-wide courier delivery franchisor Megasave misled franchisees with false income guarantees.

Disgraced franchising giant Retail Food Group is facing legal action for allegedly misleading its franchisees when selling them loss-making stores.

ACCC chair Rod Sims has defended a letter sent to the author of an opinion piece the commission believed raised price-fixing concerns.

The ACCC is concerned Bunnings’s proposed acquisition of Adelaide Tools could lead to a lack of competition in the hardware market.

The Morrison government will consider whether to outlaw unfair contracts for small businesses next year, over a year after its initial announcement.

Facebook's plan for resisting regulation has become clear: become too big, too integrated and too influential to be broken up.

In a busy week for government, unfair insurance contracts are on the agenda, alongside measures to restrict cash payments.

Japanese-owned brewery giant Asahi has agreed to purchase Carlton & United Breweries for $16 billion — in a deal that will see 40% of the market shift.

The government will not hold a consultation on whether to outlaw unfair contracts until "late-2019", as renewed calls surface to get on with it.

The ACCC is currently conducting an inquiry into digital platforms — but policy changes should not overlook small businesses.