BEWARE the scam.
01st July 2015 5:07 AM
SUPERMARKET giant Coles has been ordered to refund about 200 of its small suppliers more than $12 million after a series of...
30th June 2015 3:06 PM
A DECISION by the competition regulator could mean millions of Australian phone and internet users will have their bills...
29th June 2015 6:06 PM
COFFS Harbour motorists have experienced one of the largest drops in petrol prices in NSW, but the region still remains one...
28th May 2015 7:05 AM
NEW figures from the ACCC show online dating scams remain the number one scam for financial losses in Australia.
25th May 2015 1:05 PM
AUSTRALIANS were scammed out of more than $81 million last year and online dating and romance cons were the most...
18th May 2015 6:05 PM
THE ACCC's Targeting Scams Report has revealed that 91,637 Australians scam complaints were made to the ACCC, and...
18th May 2015 12:05 PM
WATER rules are being reviewed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
04th May 2015 2:05 PM
ANZ will pay back about $30 million to customers who did not receive annual reviews as part of one of the bank’s financial...
16th April 2015 5:04 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating whether poor competition is driving up wholesale gas...
15th April 2015 5:04 AM
Australia Post has been cleared of using profits from its monopoly reserved letter services to unfairly compete in other...
15th April 2015 12:04 AM
FOR large corporations with access to large tracts of consumer data, the challenge remains using it to be helpful, without...
10th April 2015 8:04 AM
ORIGIN Energy has been fined $2 million for illegal sales tactics including a salesperson prompting a native Tamil speaker...
30th March 2015 5:03 PM
A BRISBANE-based liquor company has been fined after selling a Chinese made beer branded “Aussie Beer”.
30th March 2015 5:03 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging the community to get a licensed electrician to check if...
26th March 2015 8:03 AM
The ACCC has warned of a scam related to the NBN roll out. Scammers may try to convince residents they need new equipment...
13th March 2015 8:03 AM
THE consumer watchdog has taken the drug company behind Nurofen to court, alleging it has misled consumers about its range...
06th March 2015 6:03 AM
What makes up petrol prices?
02nd March 2015 8:03 AM
ROCKY motorists are getting “ripped off” at the bowser – paying on average 22 cents per litre more for unleaded petrol than...
02nd March 2015 7:03 AM
GLADSTONE motorists are paying an average about 20 cents a litre more for unleaded petrol in January than metropolitan...
28th Feb. 2015 6:02 AM
THE Sunshine Coast was once the cheapest place to fill up – but last month our motorists were paying on average 11 cents a...
28th Feb. 2015 6:02 AM
The slogan from supermarket giants Coles could prove a costly lie, as the Australian consumer watchdog calls for $4 million...
25th Feb. 2015 1:02 PM
PENCILS are sharpening and tensions rising surrounding the Australian automotive world’s capped price servicing...
23rd Feb. 2015 3:02 PM
A POWER company faces a $325,000 fine for misleading consumers in South Australia about discounts on their energy plans.
10th Feb. 2015 5:02 PM
COWPER MP Luke Hartsuyker has criticised the ACCC on their response to his recent correspondence on fuel pricing in...
09th Feb. 2015 8:02 AM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is tight lipped on whether it will conduct an investigation into fuel...
06th Feb. 2015 6:02 AM
PAGE MP Kevin Hogan said the ACCC is monitoring petrol prices after he asked it to investigate price differences between...
05th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
AFTER moving to Coffs Harbour in the late 1990s, I was astounded at the huge difference in petrol prices compared to Sydney...
28th Jan. 2015 2:01 AM
TWO major whitegoods manufacturers will pay $200,000 in fines for sending customers misleading letters about warranties.
27th Jan. 2015 1:01 PM
A GOVERNMENT watchdog has confirmed it will look into the high price of regional petrol prices, raising hopes of relief at...
16th Jan. 2015 6:01 AM
ACCC action means pressure is mounting for fuel providers to stop price gouging at the pump.
16th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
MICHELLE Landry is calling on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to come to Central Queensland to...
15th Jan. 2015 6:01 AM
THE Australian competition watchdog is training its eyes on regional service stations
15th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
IF YOU are considering donating to bushfire appeals, the ACCC is encouraging you to double check if the appeal or its...
12th Jan. 2015 2:01 PM
COFFS Coast residents sick of paying 30cents per litre more for fuel than Sydney motorists are banding together to pressure...
10th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
FEDERAL Member for Page Kevin Hogan has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate the...
09th Jan. 2015 7:01 AM
CLARENCE Valley fuel prices are still 20c higher than Sydney, where prices are the lowest they have been in more than five...
07th Jan. 2015 4:01 AM
ONE mention of petrol prices is enough to get any CQ motorist’s blood boiling, however it seems local service station...
01st Jan. 2015 9:01 AM
COLES has been forced to pay $10 million in penalties after a court found it engaged in “serious deliberate and repeated”...
22nd Dec. 2014 12:12 PM
HINKLER MP Keith Pitt has called the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission a toothless tiger for inaction to keep...
20th Dec. 2014 8:12 AM
THE Fraser Coast was among the cheapest places in Queensland to buy fuel in 2014 but the RACQ thinks it should be lower.
20th Dec. 2014 5:12 AM
FUEL prices on the Coffs Coast are in the sights of local MP Luke Hartsuyker.
17th Dec. 2014 11:12 AM
GLADSTONE resident Ken Rogers says it’s time to boycott Gladstone service stations.
17th Dec. 2014 6:12 AM
ONE of Australia’s biggest telecommunications companies has paid a $102,000 fine related to a recent iPhone 6...
16th Dec. 2014 2:12 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recalled the “bath milk” that was implicated in a three-year-old’s...
12th Dec. 2014 6:12 PM
AFTER 14 quad bike deaths in the past year, three of which were children 14 or younger, the consumer watchdog has warned of...
05th Dec. 2014 5:12 PM
THE proposed purchase of the Primo Group by the world’s largest fresh meats processor, Brazilian giant JBS, will be...
05th Dec. 2014 1:12 PM
AN Australian energy retailer will face court next year after it moved customers to a new contract without telling them...
21st Nov. 2014 6:11 PM
AUSTRALIA'S largest funeral home operator, InvoCare, has paid $102,000 to the ACCC for allegedly making a false or...
18th Nov. 2014 12:11 PM
THE nation’s competition watchdog has backed breaking up the National Broadband Network in order to sell it off in the...
17th Nov. 2014 2:11 PM
