UNDER fire from restaurants, the food delivery’s problems just got much worse. And if you read its contracts, you can see...
24th April 2018 4:04 PM
Prices at the bowser have risen by up to 10 cents on the Coffs Coast in recent days.
15th April 2018 11:04 AM
THE makers of a fancy $2000 kitchen appliance have been ordered to pay a whopping fine after a court found they misled...
11th April 2018 11:04 AM
Aussies told to stand up to their banks to get a better deal
21st March 2018 9:03 AM
COMPETITION watchdog worried proposition would create stranglehold on freight haulage in the region.
16th March 2018 6:03 AM
"Drop-outs, poor installations, and service faults are crippling for business and something needs to be done urgently."
07th March 2018 12:03 PM
Family sports utility vehicle recalled due to fire risk.
06th March 2018 4:03 PM
AUSTRALIA'S largest consumer recall continues in the Rose City. Here's how to determine if your car needs one.
01st March 2018 1:03 PM
ANOTHER one million cars — this time sourced from Europe — are expected to be added to the recall for potentially deadly...
27th Feb. 2018 6:02 AM
CONSUMERS should not think of Facebook or Google as free services, the nation’s top competition cop says, because there is...
27th Feb. 2018 5:02 AM
Dud online purchase enough to give you the sheets
24th Feb. 2018 3:02 PM
IF YOU parked your Mazda2 only to find it in a different place when you returned, you're not alone.
12th Feb. 2018 2:02 PM
Hyundai is the second car maker to agree to better protection for buyers under Australian Consumer Law.
09th Feb. 2018 10:02 AM
A LIFEJACKET has been recalled by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after it was found it could be a...
23rd Jan. 2018 6:01 AM
THE RACQ has launched an attack on retail fuel outlets, accusing them of hiking the price of holiday fuel
06th Jan. 2018 10:01 AM
Treasurer Scott Morrison says the new directive will help the consumer watchdog crack down on price gouging over the...
23rd Dec. 2017 10:12 AM
The proposed merger of Woolworths Caltex and BP Australia fuel retailing sites is on hold with the ACCC opposed to the...
15th Dec. 2017 8:12 AM
Australia's gas market is yet to adapt to changes caused by the $70 development of three LNG sites at Curtis Island.
14th Dec. 2017 4:12 AM
LAST minute online shopping, great pre-Christmas offers, delayed delivery dates buried in the detail are just some of the...
11th Dec. 2017 12:12 PM
IF THE deal seems too good to be true, it probably is, and you should be very careful.
11th Dec. 2017 11:12 AM
ANOTHER internet provider has been caught charging customers for NBN download speeds they can’t possibly receive.
11th Dec. 2017 11:12 AM
The SCA says the ACCC need to fast-track their insurance investigation so that residents don't lose their homes.
07th Dec. 2017 12:12 PM
ACCC seeks feedback from quad bike users and manufacturers as it reveals most deaths occur on farms.
04th Dec. 2017 10:12 AM
Residents tell their insurance horror stories as ACCC inquiry is launched for the north.
02nd Dec. 2017 6:12 AM
Maybe we should find a competitive independent retailer offering a lower price and give the rip-off merchants the flick
01st Dec. 2017 10:12 AM
Rural users are among a wide range of interested parties invited to make submissions to an ACCC investigation into quad...
16th Nov. 2017 7:11 AM
ACCC invites people to give their thoughts on proposed reforms.
15th Nov. 2017 2:11 PM
MORE than 150,000 vehicles have been recalled due to controversial Takata airbags.
12th Nov. 2017 3:11 PM
Letters in Coffs Harbour from an 'online business registration' company just one example of countless scams going around...
30th Oct. 2017 1:10 PM
ON the back of the $7.9m the Federal Government assigned in the 2017 budget to the ACCC it has now announced its own...
30th Oct. 2017 6:10 AM
KITCHEN appliance giant Thermomix took 1201 days to file a mandatory report over the safety of its product, as users landed...
29th Oct. 2017 7:10 AM
AUSTRALIA'S top consumer watchdog will not allow mobile phone providers to piggyback off each other's networks in a major...
25th Oct. 2017 9:10 AM
POWER companies are accused of deliberately confusing customers and finding loopholes to charge more.
16th Oct. 2017 5:10 AM
THIS Stay Smart Online Week, the ACCC is warning the community to watch out for common online scams.
14th Oct. 2017 8:10 AM
More than three million Australian motorists may have their vehicles deregistered under a radical proposal outlined by the...
11th Oct. 2017 12:10 PM
Holden is looking to win back fans with an extended warranty offer.
02nd Oct. 2017 4:10 PM
DAWSON MP George Christensen has accused Qantas of being a "greedy” company.
27th Sept. 2017 3:09 PM
THE nation's consumer watchdog has delivered a verbal spray to Gladstone's LNG export industry and recommended the Federal...
23rd Sept. 2017 4:09 AM
THE nation's consumer watchdog has confirmed the power price fears felt by Gladstone's major industries and warned without...
22nd Sept. 2017 4:09 AM
IF YOU have booked tickets to the upcoming Midnight Oil and Paul Kelly shows in Coffs Harbour you may have been ripped...
01st Sept. 2017 10:09 AM
Some changes will affect few farmers while others, such as the acceptance of text message and email in produce agreements...
16th Aug. 2017 4:08 PM
Holden acknowledges it failed to respond to manufacturing faults and deceived owners seeking fixes under warranty.
03rd Aug. 2017 11:08 AM
The consumer watchdog has accused state governments of price gouging their citizens on electricity costs
27th July 2017 3:07 PM
THE ACCC has instituted proceedings against Ford alleging it misled customers in dealing with complaints about faulty...
27th July 2017 5:07 AM
THE ACCC is warning the community to watch out for investment scammers who promise the world but leave their victims with...
26th July 2017 2:07 PM
FORD Australia is in the trenches ready to battle the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission which accuses the...
26th July 2017 2:07 PM
A WA producer who falsely claimed its eggs were free range has been fined a record $750,000 and ordered to pay $300,000 in...
26th July 2017 1:07 PM
ACCC to take car maker to court.
26th July 2017 12:07 PM
THE National Broadband Network has hit Goonellabah with workers on the ground laying out the foundations for what is hoped...
21st July 2017 7:07 AM
ALDI has withdrawn packs of "flushable wipes” from its catalogues after the ACCC suggested the description was...
19th July 2017 2:07 PM
