The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is working with the Australian Federal Police to combat price gouging over the sale of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.
The ACCC will seek a higher penalty against Employsure over misleading Google advertisements, after a judge found the consumer regulator’s proposed $5 million penalty was inappropriate and instead ordered the specialist workplace relations consultancy to pay $1 million.
Energy retailer CovaU has been hit with $33,300 in penalties by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over its alleged failure to provide consumers with a percentage price comparison for its residential electricity plans.
Perth-based funeral services provider Bowra & O’Dea has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly failing to disclose certain unavoidable costs when advertising rates for its funeral and cremation services.
The maker of the popular Invisalign dental aligners has sued competitor SmileDirectClub for allegedly misleading consumers about the cost and efficacy of its direct-to-consumer teeth alignment kits.
A Sydney-based food distributor and retailer has agreed to pay over $26,000 in penalties for allegedly making false claims that its Chef’s Choice branded vanilla essence contained “pure” vanilla extract.
Ford has challenged its loss in a class action over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions, arguing group members who have had their cars repaired are not entitled to damages.
US car giant Ford Motor has copped a $53,000 penalty for allegedly misleading consumers about the performance features of its pricey Mustang Mach 1 sports car.
The liquidator of collapsed vocational education provider Careers Australia has filed a lawsuit against the company’s former directors, including founding CEO of Optus Robert Mansfield, seeking damages for alleged insolvent trading and breach of directors’ duties over a $40 million dividend the company allegedly could not afford.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has will not oppose Woodside Petroleum’s $41 billion acquisition of BHP Petroleum International, saying the oil and gas giant would have no incentive to reduce domestic gas supply.