A WOOLWORTHS' proposal to take over three hardware stores in Ballarat will not go ahead, after the ACCC opposed the...
04th Oct. 2012 5:10 PM
THE Federal Court has ordered two companies to pay a total penalty of $1 million for illegal door-to-door selling...
01st Oct. 2012 6:10 PM
ALTHOUGH most people don't want to lose money any time, in today's tough economic times people can least afford to be taken...
21st Sept. 2012 3:09 PM
The ACCC's job is to stop uncompetitive behaviour and has a pretty good record of busting cartels where businesses enter...
18th Sept. 2012 8:09 PM
THE ACCC is concerned a Channel Seven takeover of a major Fox Sports shareholder could reduce the choice and quality of...
13th Sept. 2012 3:09 PM
A NATIONAL approach to fuel price boards is needed to stop drivers being misled, according to Australian Competition and...
12th Sept. 2012 4:09 PM
THE Federal Government is seeking to ban the sale of small magnets over fears they can kill or seriously injure children...
23rd Aug. 2012 6:08 AM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is cracking down on door-to-door salespeople, saying many of them prey...
17th Aug. 2012 10:08 AM
SMALL business owners with questions about the carbon tax will have a chance to ask the competition watchdog during an...
13th Aug. 2012 5:08 PM
ELECTRICITY market regulators need to ensure consumers are paying only for network reliability standards they value, ACCC...
10th Aug. 2012 2:08 PM
AUSTRALIA’S consumer watchdog is keeping a close eye on energy companies after receiving complaints from worried customers...
12th July 2012 9:07 AM
THE head of one of Australia's largest bakery chains, Brumby's, has quit after news he urged franchisees to increase prices...
07th July 2012 12:07 PM
G.J. GARDNER Homes are joining the call for consumers to report dodgy operators incorrectly blaming the carbon tax for...
04th July 2012 2:07 PM
BAKERY chain Brumby's is under fire for an internal memo that suggests franchisees increase their prices and "let the...
04th July 2012 1:07 PM
ORIGIN Energy faces a million-dollar fine if the ACCC discovered the company was using the carbon price as an excuse to...
02nd July 2012 11:07 AM
WITH the carbon pricing now operational across the nation, the public is being warned not to fall for tricksters using the...
01st July 2012 12:07 PM
THE Federal Court has found TPG failed to prominently specify the minimum charge of a broadband package it advertised...
20th June 2012 2:06 PM
CONSUMERS who think they are being ripped off by companies charging unjustified price rises due to the Carbon Tax can call...
19th June 2012 1:06 PM
CONSUMERS worried that a company is falsely claiming price increases due to the carbon tax can now call for help.
18th June 2012 3:06 PM
THE Federal Court has imposed penalties totalling $200,000 on three individuals for their illegal participation in the...
21st May 2012 12:05 PM
THE Big Olive Company Pty Ltd has paid two infringement notices for labelling products as 'extra virgin olive oil' that the...
19th May 2012 6:05 AM
THE ACCC has commenced a formal investigation into price information sharing arrangements in the retail petrol industry.
04th May 2012 10:05 AM
A MISLEADING advertising campaign run by the company Energy Watch has been described as deplorable by ACCC chairman Rod...
02nd May 2012 5:05 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC) has released final guidelines on the non-discrimination provisions...
20th April 2012 6:04 PM
SUBSCRIBERS of regional pay TV company Austar can rest easy knowing their service will remain in place after the ACCC...
10th April 2012 4:04 PM
APPLE has offered to refund Australian buyers of its newest iPad after the consumer watchdog accused the company of making...
29th March 2012 6:03 PM
CONFIDENTIAL emails from Flight Centre executives reveal the level of pressure they were putting on major airlines to...
13th March 2012 11:03 AM
THE ACCC is taking Flight Centre to court over price fixing allegations involving Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airlines...
12th March 2012 2:03 PM
THE state's peak independent motoring body is calling on the next State Government to regulate fuel price boards to...
12th March 2012 4:03 AM
THE Full Federal Court ordered Optus to pay $3.61 million in civil penalties in relation to advertising for the 'THINK...
10th March 2012 6:03 AM
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accepted Telstra's structural separation undertaking (SSU) and...
28th Feb. 2012 9:02 AM
SARINA resident Harry Bichel almost became a victim of identity fraud last Friday when he received a call from a woman who...
22nd Feb. 2012 12:02 PM
WATCHDOG scrutiny of a service station at Middlemount is the last resort to stop excessive fuel prices, says Jim Pearce.
23rd Jan. 2012 2:01 AM
THE Government's updated and expanded graphic health warnings for tobacco packaging commence tomorrow, 1 January 2012.
31st Dec. 2011 2:12 PM
FEDERAL Page MP Janelle Saffin has written to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission requesting the a review of...
28th Dec. 2011 7:12 AM
WITH the Christmas retail rush reaching fever pitch this week, shoppers are being urged to understand their rights as...
19th Dec. 2011 2:12 PM
SUNSHINE Coast soccer clubs will do their best to spare families a fee hike following a consumer watchdog decision on...
18th Dec. 2011 2:12 AM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has brought the hammer down on electronics retailer Harvey...
09th Dec. 2011 10:12 AM
A TWEED businesswoman claims a national consumer watchdog is hurting her company.
03rd Dec. 2011 8:12 AM
A GUIDE for businesses on carbon price claims has been launched by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman...
22nd Nov. 2011 2:11 AM
THE Gold Coast's most notorious conman, Peter Foster, will spend the next four days in a prison cell after a planned...
19th Nov. 2011 12:11 PM
CONVICTED conman Peter Foster has been arrested on the Gold Coast over his alleged involvement with a controversial diet...
18th Nov. 2011 7:11 PM
A TWEED Heads workplace safety business owner has rejected claims by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission her...
10th Nov. 2011 2:11 AM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved the $81.5 million sale of Paul McDonald's Sunshine Coast...
20th Oct. 2011 4:10 PM
BREAKING 2.50pm:THREE building companies with ties to Rockhampton and Central Queensland have been exposed...
25th Aug. 2011 12:08 PM
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has extended an exemption allowing dairy farmers to collectively bargain...
04th Aug. 2011 3:08 PM
