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Virtual reality tech, batteries named in safety probe

Battery-powered products and new kinds of consumer gadgets will be closely examined by Australia's consumer watchdog as a top priority.

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Vanessa Hudson has provided a soft landing for Qantas as the airline cuts deal with ACCC

While the new CEO has stemmed some of the reputational damage of the past, the $120m fine is a clear success for the ACCC

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Qantas to pay $79m over ‘ghost flights’ furore

Competition watchdog says national carrier’s advertising of cancelled flights was ‘egregious and unacceptable’.

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Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled

The airline agrees to a $100m fine and to repay $20m to customers in settlement with the ACCC

The Guardian - AU

Nowland family reach settlement – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

'Unfair' supermarket prices on watchdog's hit list

The consumer regulator has vowed to find answers to shoppers' complaints of sky-high grocery prices and farmers' concerns about low supermarket payments.

AAP

Competition watchdog to call for power of mandatory disclosure in investigations

ACCC chief Gina Cass-Gottlieb wants legislation changed to enable it to force businesses to give up data without the need for government backing

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The ACCC report on affordable childcare is out. What does it say and what still needs to be done?

Labor’s subsidy increases have worked to help families better afford childcare, according to the consumer watchdog’s report – but only for now

The Guardian - AU

Albanese offers extra powers for ACCC to battle supermarket price gouging

Prime minister made comments after regulator suggested it could sue grocery giants for deceptive special discounts

The Guardian - AU

Airbnb admits misleading Australian customers by charging in US dollars instead of local currency

An Australian court has ordered Airbnb to pay a 15 million Australian dollar ($10 million) fine, and the accommodation rental company could pay as much again in compensating customers who had been unaware they were being charged in U.S. rather than Australian dollars

The Independent UK

ACCC warns of higher prices without right merger reform

The consumer watchdog has poured cold water on merger reform models proposed by Treasury and says its compulsory notification model strikes the right balance.

AAP

Competition watchdog authorises $19 billion Origin deal

Citing the public benefit of up to $30 billion in green energy investments, the ACCC has signed off on Brookfield's pending acquisition of Origin Energy.

AAP

Price gouging child care could be named and shamed

Childcare centres charging parents exorbitant fees could be named and shamed under reforms proposed by the consumer watchdog.

AAP

Childcare fees may need to be capped to curb erosion of subsidies, ACCC says

Watchdog’s latest report says childcare in Australia is ‘relatively less affordable for households than in most other OECD countries’

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Head of Australia’s competition watchdog calls for new mandate to police airline industry

Exclusive: Gina Cass-Gottlieb says ACCC needs greater powers to help new entrants compete with Qantas and Virgin

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EnergyAustralia in court for alleged misleading conduct

One of Australia's biggest energy providers is in the ACCC's firing line for allegedly misleading customers and breaking an industry code.

AAP

Watchdog puts a roadblock on Transurban bid for rival

The competition watchdog has put the brakes on a move by private toll operator Transurban to take a majority share in the company that operates EastLink.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Everybody has a Qantas horror story’: run of negative headlines brings Flying Kangaroo down to earth

Alan Joyce’s airline portrayed itself as a second home for passengers, but as complaints soar is the brand now toxic?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: rental price pain worse than GFC; calls for Qantas fines; and India employs people to make monkey sounds

Households are spending 55% more on housing than they were in June 2005

The Guardian - AU

Qantas should be fined ‘hundreds of millions’ if guilty to send message to companies, ACCC says

Watchdog chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb wants to deliver new record penalty in case alleging Qantas sold tickets for already cancelled flights

The Independent UK

Airline accused of selling tickets on more than 8,000 flights that had already been cancelled

Watchdog has accused carrier of ‘false, misleading or deceptive conduct’

The Guardian - AU

Qantas cancelled flights partly to retain takeoff and landing slots at Sydney airport, ACCC claims

The competition watchdog’s allegation follows Qantas executives’ denials of so-called ‘slot hoarding’ at two parliamentary hearings

The Guardian - AU

Qantas cancellations: ACCC taking airline to court alleging it sold tickets for planes that would never fly

Australian consumer watchdog launches legal action against Qantas alleging it engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct

The Conversation

Flying under the radar: Australia's silent and growing competition crisis

Australia has long had far less competition in consumer markets than the US.

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