Webjet is being sued by the consumer watchdog, which alleges the travel comparison site duped customers for five years by failing to include all costs when plugging the price of its cheapest airfares.
Daniel Newell
Chief executive Leah Weckert has laid praise on one of its biggest competitors, spruiking their ‘unique products’ as both Coles and Woolworths face an ACCC enquiry.
Jackson Hewett
Bunnings has released a compilation of CCTV footage highlighting some of the violent attacks on its staff over several years as it defends the use of facial recognition technology. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
The Privacy Commissioner found a trial collected individuals’ sensitive information without consent, failed to take reasonable steps to notify individuals that their personal information was being collected.
Sean Smith
Woolworths boss Amanda Bardwell has refused to give a direct answer when questioned about its similarity in pricing with rival Coles.
Cheyanne Enciso
A leading analyst has taken a negative stance against Coles and Woolworths as the supermarket giants prepare to be put under the spotlight at a probe into the highly-scrutinised sector.
Coles and Woolworths say they will defend a new class action relating to fake discount allegations from the competition watchdog.
Coles and Woolworths have been slugged with a new class action following allegations by the competition regulator that the supermarkets engaged in misleading discounting.
IGA’s parent company Metcash believes the willingness of households to shop around for bargains amid higher living costs has prompted more competition in the supermarket sector.
Australia’s top corporate cop Joe Longo is pushing for reform of the country’s tangle of company and finance services laws, warning of unnecessary burdens and failures to protect consumers.
Neale Prior
The boss of national buying for Aldi says there is sharp competition in Australia’s supermarket sector — extending beyond Coles and Woolworths into big-box retailers.
The 64-year-old says is scratching by on $26.04 an hour with little prospect of adding meaningfully to her pay and questioned how younger fellow employees could afford to buy a home.
The corporate watchdog is set to haul Australia’s biggest insurer before the Federal Court after accusing it of misleading more than half a million customers about policy price discounts.
Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have faced the Federal Court after the consumer watchdog accused them of dodgy ‘price drop’ campaigns.
Tara Cosoleto and Melissa Meehan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday flagged the Government would change consumer law to target ‘dodgy practices’.
Jake Dietsch
Thousands of WA families can’t get ‘defective pipes’ ripped out of their homes quickly enough as insurers decline to renew policies on properties hit with repeated water bursts.
John Flint
Nicheliving’s directors will not be pursued for an insurance bill that will run into the millions, after agreeing to relinquish its building license.
Kim Macdonald and Jessica Page
Owners of 10 model vehicles are being urged to park them away from flammable structures after the discovery of a serious fire risk with an electrical part.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Telstra has taken the undesirable mantle as the most-complained-about telco in the country, new data has revealed, with lengthy delays topping the gripes list for Western Australians.
Simone Grogan
The consumer watchdog will be handed an extra $30 million to crack down on ‘dodgy supermarket practices’ in the wake of the sham discounts scandal.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The competition watchdog’s seismic legal action against Coles and Woolworths could further damage the supermarkets’ already-battered reputations and negatively hit sales, a prominent analyst has warned.
Consumer advocates are calling for greater scrutiny of supermarket pricing after Coles and Woolworths were accused of misleading buyers with discount programs.
Sam McKeith
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has launched a new crackdown on supermarkets, saying the ‘unacceptable’ alleged misleading discounting from Coles and Woolworths is against the ‘Australian spirit’.
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Daniel Newell
Promises made by Coles and Woolworths to deliver on best prices have been called into question, with Australia’s consumer watchdog claiming they both engaged in misleading discounting.
