A CARTEL of forklift gas cylinder suppliers is facing $8.3 million in court-ordered penalties.
24th Oct. 2014 3:10 PM
MATT Canavan has called on the government to crack down on companies who abuse their market power following claims Coles...
18th Oct. 2014 6:10 AM
COLES has disputed allegations by the consumer watchdog group that it threatened suppliers.
16th Oct. 2014 2:10 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has conducted an internet sweep of dating websites.
17th Sept. 2014 4:09 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned Australians of scammers falsely pretending to offer refunds...
01st Sept. 2014 3:09 PM
THE ACCC has bared its teeth to the big petrol retail chains and is looking to show it does indeed have bite to go with its...
21st Aug. 2014 3:08 PM
CELEBRITY foodie Maggie Beer has landed in a pickle over misleading product labels.
19th Aug. 2014 3:08 PM
ACCC cracks down on 'relationship scammers' to protect the lovelorn
11th Aug. 2014 9:08 AM
GAS and electricity retailers and producers are on notice to ensure they pass on the carbon tax repeal savings to...
08th Aug. 2014 3:08 PM
ACCC has confirmed that phone companies are charging too much to receive calls.
01st Aug. 2014 12:08 PM
THE ACCC has warned companies, businesses and councils who do not pass on savings to consumers now the carbon tax has been...
29th July 2014 5:07 PM
SCAMwatch has advised that scammers have set up false Facebook profiles for Australian victims of the MH17 crash in an...
22nd July 2014 11:07 AM
COWPER MP Luke Hartsuyker said the abolition of the Carbon Tax was a huge win for North Coast families and small...
18th July 2014 6:07 AM
PETROL prices can be a divisive topic, with retailers often copping the blame for painful prices at the pump.
12th July 2014 6:07 AM
CONSUMERS buying bread at Coles Supermarkets sold as “freshly baked in-store” were misled by the retail giant, the Federal...
18th June 2014 5:06 PM
A REPORT from the competition watchdog has confirmed Australia Post has not been using its monopoly over letter services to...
07th June 2014 5:06 AM
THE Qld Dairyfarmers’ Organisation has welcomed news the ACCC has started legal proceedings against Coles supermarkets for...
14th May 2014 7:05 AM
OUTSPOKEN Queensland Federal MP Bob Katter hopes to move new laws to ensure suppliers to the major supermarkets get a fair...
07th May 2014 3:05 PM
THE competition watchdog has taken Coles to court over allegations of unconscionable conduct in dealing with hundreds of...
05th May 2014 6:05 PM
THE consumer watchdog has fined one of Australia's biggest brewers more than $20,000 for allegedly misleading drinkers...
30th April 2014 5:04 AM
AN 11-year-old girl and three boys aged between 5 and 12 have tragically died as a result of quad bike crashes in the past...
15th April 2014 1:04 PM
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird has taken heed of the consumer watchdog’s warnings not to allow the sale of the state’s...
04th March 2014 4:03 PM
RACQ has welcomed news the ACCC had begun court proceedings against the supermarket retailers for alleged breaches of the...
25th Feb. 2014 4:02 PM
THE consumer watchdog will take Coles and Woolworths to court for allegedly breaching promises on their fuel shopper docket...
25th Feb. 2014 1:02 PM
BEAU Hartshorn and his young family are the human faces of the damage done when big construction companies go bust.
22nd Feb. 2014 5:02 AM
THE competition watchdog is urging governments to sell assets like Australia Post and Medicare to boost national...
06th Jan. 2014 11:01 AM
THERE has been festive cheer at the bowser in Toowoomba, with motorists enjoying some of the cheapest prices in the...
06th Jan. 2014 7:01 AM
WITH 18 quad-bike deaths in Australia already this year, parents and carers are being warned to keep children away from...
20th Dec. 2013 1:12 PM
INDEPENDENT grocers say the fuel shopper docket scheme should be scrapped to level the playing field before they became...
10th Dec. 2013 6:12 AM
AS FAMILIES head to the shops for the festive season, they should be careful about the potential hazards of portable pools...
22nd Nov. 2013 2:11 PM
A CRACKDOWN on supermarket bargaining powers will likely form part of the Coalition’s root and branch review of competition...
30th Oct. 2013 4:10 PM
AUSTRALIA’s consumer watchdog set its sights on two industries that have one thing in common – their franchises are...
21st Oct. 2013 4:10 PM
HARDWARE giant Bunnings will put measures in place to protect children after it sold a range of window blinds that did not...
18th Sept. 2013 1:09 PM
BUSINESSES are acting like unions, consumers are hypocrites and multi-million dollar developments are fun to ignore for a...
17th Sept. 2013 3:09 PM
A GROUP of power companies will negotiate together to score the best deal for coal from a Central Queensland coal mine.
13th Sept. 2013 4:09 AM
THE relationship between the Queensland government and a privately owned power generation company is under question.
06th Sept. 2013 4:09 PM
COMPLAINTS about the Federal Government’s carbon pricing scheme all but dried up in the June quarter, with with less than...
16th Aug. 2013 7:08 AM
UPDATE: POPULAR cosmetics firm Nude by Nature expects contamination discovered in an ACCC investigation...
01st Aug. 2013 12:08 PM
THE consumer watchdog is investigating whether major discounts offered by the country’s supermarket giants are having an...
31st July 2013 9:07 AM
THE Federal Oppoosition has declared small businesses as the lifeblood of Australia’s economy and will have it “in the...
26th July 2013 6:07 AM
A BATTLE to have the founder of Australia’s most high profile erectile dysfunction treatment banned from doing business is...
24th July 2013 5:07 AM
ARE your ugg boots really made in Australia? The ACCC is asking the same question.
23rd July 2013 2:07 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) appears to have found no evidence of anti-competitive bahaviour...
19th July 2013 5:07 AM
DODGY claims that bottled water is organic have attracted the attention of Australia’s consumer protection commission.
16th July 2013 11:07 AM
A KEY business group has welcomed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s call for a productivity pact – but they want to see the...
12th July 2013 2:07 PM
OWNERS of iconic Australian brand Steggles described their poultry as being “free to roam” – unfortunately they were only...
09th July 2013 4:07 PM
THE Coalition alienates family businesses from opposition, fuel prices soars again but it's (totally) different this time...
09th July 2013 12:07 PM
IT COMPANY Hewlett-Packard Australia will be fined $3 million for making false or misleading claims to customers, after a...
05th July 2013 4:07 PM
THE $3.6 billion to be paid for GrainCorp would deliver a practical monopoly to American investors, but producers were...
05th July 2013 7:07 AM
COLES has been forced to pay more than $60,000 in fines for “misleading representations” regarding the origin of fresh...
01st July 2013 2:07 PM
