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Jeannie Marie PatersonThe Conversation |
The consumer watchdog’s Federal Court case against Woolworths over its “prices dropped” promotions is under way and will run into next week....
These cases will set the rules for what ‘truth in advertising’ means in Australia – and how closely buyers will need to beware discount price claims.
More than 8 million customers could have a stake in this upcoming court case. The clock is now ticking for them to decide if they want to be involved,...
The Federal Court will have to decide whether Coles’ ‘Down Down’ discounts were genuine, or crossed a line into misleading conduct.
Many subscription services offer easy sign ups, with a few clicks and your credit card. Proposed new laws could soon make sure it’s just as easy to...
The consumer watchdog has warned retailers it will be on the lookout for a range of misleading sales tactics, from fake countdown clocks to...
Optus said the conduct was ‘totally and utterly unacceptable’. But Australians now need more than ‘sincere apologies’ – we need hard data...
The need to better protect consumers was raised years ago in the banking royal commission. So why does it feel like we are back here again?
It might be time to go back to a simpler approach, when one set of rules applied to all consumer credit products.
Financial institutions are meant to have reliable payment systems in place. But more work needs to be done to ensure they do this.