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ACCC seeks market input on Saputo offer to sell Koroit plant
The ACCC wants the public to weigh in on Saputo's offer to sell its Koroit dairy plant in Victoria to win the regulator's blessing for its $1.3 billion tie-up with Murray Goulburn.
New rule sets standard for handling NBN complaints
Australia's communications regulator released new proposed rules today for telcos on handling consumer complaints about migration to the National Broadband Network.
BHP should have considered other work for miner: FWC
A BHP subsidiary acted unreasonably when it failed to consider alternative work for an incapacitated employee and instead sent him home without pay for three weeks, a Fair Work Commissioner has found.
Study blasts Volkswagen recall fix
Volkswagen cars equipped with a software fix implemented in the wake of the emissions scandal are still emitting 400 percent more noxious emissions on road than in lab tests, according to a new study by the Australian Automobile Association.
Banks slammed for uncompetitive mortgage pricing
Australia's largest banks are weak when it comes to offering competitive prices on residential mortgages, Australia's consumer regulator said Thursday in the first review undertaken by its newly formed financial services unit.
ACCC raises concerns over Pacific National, Aurizon deal
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Thursday that Pacific National’s proposed acquisitions of Aurizon’s Queensland intermodal freight haulage business and intermodal rail terminal at Acacia Ridge in Brisbane raises significant competition concerns.
Fired CSIRO scientist can expand sex discrimination case
A former CSIRO scientist who claimed she was sacked after speaking out about systemic sex discrimination has won court approval to expand her lawsuit against Australia's national science agency.
Air France looks to ground “Love is in the Air” copyright case
Air France has denied claims of copyright infringement by the writers of "Love is in the Air", saying its "France is in the Air" song and ad campaign are derived from a different, original work.
AWB to drop unfair contract terms that raised ACCC’s ire
Australia's largest agribusiness, AWB Harvest Finance Pools Pty Ltd, has agreed to make changes to the contracts it uses with farmers after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission flagged terms of its contracts for being unfair. 
Slater and Gordon seeks costs for CFMEU merger objections
Slater and Gordon is seeking costs for defending against unsuccessful challenges brought by two industry groups to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.