The ACCC has prioritised getting timely compensation to affected customers over pursuing the airline on the more serious charge of collecting fees for no service.
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Last year, Australians lost $2.74 billion to scams, with a 150% increase in losses to job scams, in particular. Here’s what you need to know about these insidious tactics.
The UK is about to force banks to reimburse payments made “because of deception by fraudsters”. Australia’s government isn’t keen.
Inquiry into supermarkets finds that the mandatory code should apply to supermarkets with annual revenues of more than $5 billion and should consider increasing infringement notice amounts.
US courts have had the power to break up badly behaving corporations for more than a century. There’s a bill before the Australian Senate that would give our courts the same power.
The new retail giant will control more than 26% of the Australian pharmacy market.
Deepfake scams are on the rise – but can their victims claim compensation? The legal landscape is still developing.
Suppliers and customers are squeezed harder in Australia than in other countries because Coles and Woolworths control 65% of the market.
Each of these tricks is old, but each has been supercharged by the use of information technology.
The COVID pandemic, climate events and international conflicts have all contributed, while supermarket giants have been accused of price gouging.
The ACCC has published calculations for two children in care five days a week. More typical is one child in care two days a week. The typical cost is 5% of after-tax income, not 16%
The inquiry’s report is sharply critical of Qantas, and has recommended the decision to block extra flights sought by Qatar Airways be immediately reviewed
The only thing Qantas seems to fear is losing landing slots. It’s time to reallocate the slots it doesn’t use.
The way banks calculate interest means that Australian borrowers who sign up to pay 5.95% per annum pay something closer to 6.11%.
The brighter outlook for domestic supplies follows actions by the government to ensure companies provide adequate quantities of gas into the local market at reasonable prices
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and @amanda.dunn10 discuss the week in politics
Despite the change at the top, the Qantas board can expect to face a grilling from angry shareholders at the upcoming AGM.
New research finds Australian industries are becoming concentrated with greater power to charge high prices. Unlike US firms, Australian firms are not required to report merger plans to authorities.
There’s no excuse for colluding not to complete on fees, but the time-consuming and complicated bidding process for design work encourages it.
How can fake news be managed without government overreach? Under the draft bill, platforms continue to be responsible for the content on their services – not governments.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Monash University
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Competition Lawyer; Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, Department of Economics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
