Coles fined $2.5 million for false “Baked Today” claims
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd has been fined $2.5 million for misleading consumers by promoting its bread products as being “Baked Today, Sold Today” and “Freshly Baked In-Store”.
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd has been fined $2.5 million for misleading consumers by promoting its bread products as being “Baked Today, Sold Today” and “Freshly Baked In-Store”.
The Federal Court of Australia ruled that Bright Choice, on behalf of EnergyAustralia, called residents in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria with misleading representations.
A Melbourne cleaning company has been fined half a million dollars in proceedings by the ACCC.
Former banker Lukas Kamay and former ABS analyst Christopher Hill were found guilty of “the worst instance of insider trading” Australian courts had ever seen.
Safety Compliance Pty Ltd, which went into liquidation in 2012, has been found guilty of misleading or deceptive conduct directed at small businesses.
The former owner and operator of a Sydney hair and beauty salon has been fined a total of $24,480 for underpaying a teenage apprentice $6,471.
A range of Nurofen products are under the spotlight of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, with allegations of misleading marketing and false claims.
The Federal Circuit Court has fined two Gold Coast travel businesses almost $138,000 for underpaying six employees…
A funeral director has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail, with three years non-parole, for faking the deaths of clients in order to claim insurance payouts.
Origin Energy Limited and two of its subsidiaries will have to pay a penalty of $325,000 after the Federal Court of Australian found the company guilty of making false or misleading representations.