A ban on price gouging and new powers to break up supermarkets are on the table this election. Would either work?
Neither course of action was recommended by the ACCC’s final report from its year-long inquiry into the supermarket sector.
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Australian authorities 'won't let up' trying to recoup Belle Gibson's fine
Gibson, who admitted not having cancer following an investigation into her business by Melbourne newspaper The Age in 2015, was found guilty of five breaches of Australian consumer law in 2017.
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Consumer group Choice says long-awaited aviation customer rights charter is weak and vague
It was also unclear how it would sit along existing Australian Consumer Law, which offered greater protection than the charter as it stood. “We’re very glad the government, the department ...
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The history of CHOICE
And we've had some historic wins: in the 1970s, we played an important role in the drafting of the Trade Practices Act, Australia's first national consumer protection law. Almost 40 years later we ...
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Australian Mandatory Merger Clearance: Regime Details Starting to Emerge – Government Publishes Draft Determination, ACCC Publishes Draft Guidelines
On 28 March 2025, the Australian Government (the Government) published its draft Determination providing the beginnings of detail about ...
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Proposed aviation customer rights charter not strong enough
In some cases, the charter may be weaker than existing consumer protections under the Australian Consumer Law or the airlines' own policies. It wouldn't protect, for instance, against many of the ...