Tag: Australian Competition And Consumer Commission

The Federal Court has ordered Telstra to pay a $50 million penalty for engaging in unconscionable conduct against Indigenous consumers.

The Federal Court has ruled that Google misled some of its Australian customers about how it collected personal location data between 2017 and 2018.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will conduct an inquiry into the effect digital platforms such as Facebook and Google are having on competition in media and advertising services markets. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said the commission will examine whether digital search engines, social media platforms and other digital content aggregation platforms are exercising […]

There’s no doubting that Influencer marketing presents a huge opportunity for businesses. With 96% of us trusting people over brands, Influencer marketing has the power to leverage word of mouth marketing at scale and sway the consumer decision process. But with such power also comes a high level of responsibility for the consumer. As Influencer […]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is calling for operators of accommodation businesses to voice their concerns about the online travel agency supermarket. The ACCC has launched a questionnaire in order to re-examine the level of competition in the online travel agency market following concerns over a general lack of competition. The Accommodation Association […]

The second quarterly report on the Australian petroleum industry by the ACCC revealed the nation’s petrol prices hit their lowest point in real terms in over fifteen years, hitting 103 cents per litre in early February 2015.

A Melbourne cleaning company has been fined half a million dollars in proceedings by the ACCC.

The ACCC has chosen the first regional location to be studied as part of the petrol monitoring arrangements launched in December 2014.

The first quarterly report into the Australian petroleum industry for 2015 has been released by the ACCC, revealing a price decrease to 109.2 cents per litre in the month of January – the lowest monthly average since 2009.

The ACCC is highlighting cartel conduct in government procurement, truth in advertising, competition and consumer issues in the health sector and industry codes as some of its compliance and enforcement priorities in 2015.