Coles and Woolworths have been slugged with a new class action following allegations by the competition regulator that the supermarkets engaged in misleading discounting.
Cheyanne Enciso
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.
Sean Smith
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.
Daniel Newell
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.
West Aussies with established life insurance policies could be paying a hefty ‘loyalty tax’, which could be a staggering 89 per cent more than what they might have otherwise been paying. Here’s why ...
Nick Bruining
While Alinta increased support to customers nationwide, the number of WA households being assisted dropped nearly 21 per cent to about 3400.
Metcash-owned hardware chain Total Tools says it is working with cyber specialists following a major data leak believed to have impacted nearly 40,000 customers.
NZ’s competition watchdog will file charges against low-cost carrier Jetstar over claims it misled customers about their rights to compensation when flights were delayed or cancelled.
Retailer Harvey Norman says it will “vigorously” defend a class action alleging it sold “unnecessary and worthless” extended warranties to tens of thousands of customers over the past six years.
Australia’s biggest grocery chainshave fallen out of favour with consumers to now be ranked among the nation’s most distrusted brands amid stubborn cost-of-living pressures and accusations of price-gouging.
UFC fans desperate to attend the event at Perth’s RAC Arena on Sunday are being warned against buying last-minute tickets from unauthorised sellers.
Taylor Renouf
