Posts tagged "australian competition and consumer commission"

MyRepublic have been fined for running misleading online advertisements with insufficient fine-print disclaimers for a five-month period.

A national motorhome rental company has paid a fine of $12,600, after the consumer watchdog said the company was charging excessive payment surcharges.

Global technology giant Apple has been fined $9 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over the infamous 'error 53' debacle which occurred last year, disabling a number of users' devices after they had them repaired by third party repairers.

There has been increasing interest in initial coin offering/token sale/token generation events (ICO) in Australia this year. Below we set ou…

In a move that shows Australia is getting tough on competition law, criminal charges have been laid against ANZ, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank, as well as six of their senior executives, over alleged “cartel-like” behaviour.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is calling for powers to seek million-dollar penalties for poorly behaved franchisors.

The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has suggested Facebook users are entering potentially unfair contr…

The Federal Court has fined ABG Pages $300,000 and its sole director $40,000 for misconduct, undue harassment and making false and misleading representations when advertising its services.

The consumer watchdog says it will look into a reviewing function on tradesperson services platform ServiceSeeking that allows tradies to re…

The consumer watchdog has penalised a telecommunications company for allegedly making misleading representations by claiming the Australian …

Small businesses are being encouraged to review any additional fees they charge for credit card use, with the consumer watchdog reporting th…

  Farmers will get some extra help in the battle against the supermarket chains in the government’s long-awaited White Paper on Agricultu…