ACCC
How Australia’s music cartels are driving up the cost of live shows
The ACCC has told a parliamentary inquiry that “vertical integration” adds as much as 20 per cent to the cost of live music events in Australia.
- by Karl Quinn
Latest
‘Deliberate manipulation’: Do supermarkets order too much fruit and veg on purpose?
Two major Australian fruit and vegetable industry bodies have accused Woolworths and Coles of engineering an oversupply of fresh produce to drive down prices.
- by Jessica Yun
Australians have been short-changed billions. Now banks are being forced to change
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is unveiling changes to how banks inform their customers on everything from deposits to mortgage rates, so people can make better financial choices.
- by Shane Wright
Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b merger could stifle competition, shut stores: ACCC
Australia’s competition watchdog has raised concerns that Chemist Warehouse’s planned merger with Sigma Healthcare into an $8.8 billion titan will hurt rivals in the pharmacy sector.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
The ACCC’s bitter pill to Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b pharmacy merger
Putting aside the strength of arguments from the merger parties and the regulator, the facts are that an ACCC amber light more often turns to red than to green.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Online shopping
Online businesses owe it to their customers to do better
More than half of problematic transactions are now associated with e-commerce.
- by The Herald's View
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Consumer rights
Still waiting for your online order to arrive? You’re not the only one
NSW Fair Trading received more than 6000 complaints about delayed or missing orders last year, as advocates say consumers need more protection.
- by Mary Ward
‘It’s not your fault’: How to overcome shame after being scammed
Scams have become so sophisticated and numerous these days, so why is there still a stigma around those who fall victim to them?
- by Nell Geraets
Lights out: Chatime pulls specialty cups over missing battery warning
The recall follows rising concerns about fires caused by batteries, particularly those with lithium-ion cells.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
General insurance
Pumping insurance premiums: Are loyalty discounts a mug’s game?
Insurance giant IAG has been accused of telling customers they were receiving loyalty discounts when it wasn’t cheaper insurance at all.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Population
Coalition rules out baby bonus as births continue to slip
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, a father of four, says the nation’s falling fertility rate is a growing issue for all economic policymakers.
- by Shane Wright