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The director of a money transfer business accused of fixing foreign exchange rates has filed a defence attacking the credibility of the federal prosecutor’s key witness, but his new lawyer says the attack might not be maintained at trial.  

Japanese truck maker Hino is facing a class action investigation in Australia after admitting it submitted false data on fuel emissions and fuel economy tests for many of its engine models in Japan.

Google has agreed to pay a $60 million penalty in proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging the tech giant misled users about the collection and use of their location data.

Dozens of provisions in Fujifilm's contracts with thousands of small businesses are unfair and unenforceable, a court declared Friday in a case against the office supply company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose Google's $7.6 billion bid for cybersecurity firm Mandiant, the second-largest acquisition in the company's history.

Canada-based software company Dye & Durham has offered to divest its Australian business to win the ACCC's blessing for its proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of technology services provider Link Group.

Telstra has agreed to deregister 162 radiocommunications sites after the ACCC expressed concerns the acquisition could stymie competition by hampering the rollout of Optus' 5G network.

Honda has admitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's claims that it mislead the customers of two former authorised dealerships, but is seeking to avoid pecuniary penalties for the “accidental” misconduct.

A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant's misleading conduct appeared to be "trivial".

Booktopia has resolved a case by the consumer regulator alleging the online book retailer's policy that required customers to request a refund within two business days of purchase was misleading.