The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has suggested Facebook users are entering potentially unfair contr…
The consumer watchdog says it will look into a reviewing function on tradesperson services platform ServiceSeeking that allows tradies to re…
The consumer watchdog will look to hand down penalties to NBN Co when it misses scheduled appointments to connect businesses and consumers t…
By Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has pledged to get toug…
Some of Australia’s largest telecommunications service providers — such as Telstra, Optus, TPG and Vocus — are under investigation du…
This is an edited speech given by Ed Husic, the shadow minister for the digital economy, during parliamentary debate last week about competi…
Treasurer Scott Morrison will seek to add an amendment to the government’s effects test legislation today that will remove the “mandatory fa…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission intends to take a number of big businesses to court this year for subjecting small busine…
Business groups are pessimistic about the future for small supermarket suppliers after the Federal Court ruled Woolworths did not engage in…
Businesses that are found to have breached the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) could be hit with penalties of at least $10 million, under one …
International paint manufacturer Dulux has been hit with a $400,000 fine at the conclusion of a four-year long case in which the Australian …