Google is being sued for over £5 billion ($5.4b) in potential damages in the UK over allegations that the US tech giant abused its ‘near-total dominance’ in the online search market to drive up prices.
Ryan Browne
The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined more than $8 million for falsely advertising its products were made of recycled ocean plastic.
Cheyanne Enciso
Virgin Australia is offering refunds to more than 60,000 passengers who were overcharged for itinerary changes, dating back to April 2020.
Customers have been warned of an overheating issue. Here’s what you need to know.
Hayley Taylor
Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have been cleared for take-off with a partnership that will double the number of weekly flights between four key national gateways and Doha in the Middle East.
Daniel Newell
There’s only one major supermarket chain to flunk a government-funded report on grocery prices across Australia.
Callum Godde
In response to the ACCC report, Coles and Woolworths on Friday cautioned that any more regulation or measures brought in after the inquiry could lead to increased red tape and drive up costs.
Australia’s supermarkets should be forced to alert customers of ‘shrinkflation’ as the competition watchdog concludes soaring grocery prices have resulted in additional profits for Coles, Woolworths and Aldi.
Coles boss Leah Weckert says the grocery giant is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to manage supply chain headaches as she insists competition in the supermarket sector was ‘very vigorous’.
The corporate regulator has raised the alarm on payday lenders flouting consumer laws by pushing vulnerable borrowers into taking out bigger loans that provide them with fewer legal protections.
Q+A: Worried you’re about to be scammed? Here’s some things to remember about the limits on what government departments will ask you and the steps to follow so you don’t lose your life savings.
Nick Bruining
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission continues to take a blowtorch to scam websites, shutting them down at a rate of 130 a week.
Jackson Hewett
The competition watchdog has pushed aside Qantas protests to give the preliminary thumbs up to Virgin Australia’s tie-up with Qatar Airways.
Neale Prior
Virgin Australia’s plans to partner with Qatar Airways to resume long-haul flights to and from Australia is a step closer after the competition watchdog gave it the go-ahead.
Ellen Ransley, David Johns and Neale Prior
Mastercard has already said it will remove the 16-digit number from their credit and debit cards by 2030 as banks turn to biometrics. But that opens up a whole new set of potential dangers.
Gary Mortimer and Cassandra Cross
Consumer and technology industry groups have blasted the Federal Government’s planned online scam laws amid fears they are ambiguous and could make it tougher for victims to pursue compensation.
Australian telecommunication providers who are caught breaching industry codes will no longer be warned before being slapped with new multi-million dollar fines.
Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell is set to have her hands full in 2025 trying to execute a turnaround plan for the embattled grocer, experts say, following a string of scandals last year.
Australia’s corporate watchdog is suing the local arm of global crypto giant Binance after more than 500 retail clients were “denied important consumer protections”.
The Australian Information Commissioner has dumped civil penalty proceedings against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica scandal after the owner of Facebook agreed to a $50 million settlement.
Australia’s consumer watchdog is threatening investigations into retailers who cashed in on the Black Friday shopping frenzy by luring shoppers with dodgy promises about their discounts.
The company behind Tony Galati’s Spudshed has paid more than $60,000 in fines after being hit with four infringements from the competition watchdog for allegedly breaching the mandatory horticulture code.
The regulator says the bank lacked the protection systems to detect unauthorised transactions and breached its obligations to investigate suspect withdrawals and report back to affected customers.
Sean Smith
New Zealand’s competition watchdog has filed criminal charges against Woolworths and local rival Pak’nSave over alleged inaccurate pricing and misleading specials.
