Category: ACCC
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July improve to childcare subsidy won’t be as large as you suppose
Main adjustments are coming to childcare subsidies for Australian households inside days, because the Albanese authorities makes good on one in every of its key election pledges. However, forward of the most important shake-ups to the sector in years, many households is perhaps shocked to search out they gained’t save anyplace close to as a…
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Prime purpose to sue Amazon for catching clients in its internet
A high-profile US lawsuit towards e-commerce big Amazon over so-called “darkish patterns” might be acquainted to regulators in Australia, who’ve lengthy held fears native customers are being shafted. The Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) on Thursday (Australian time) filed a lawsuit towards Amazon, claiming it has illegally induced clients to join its Prime loyalty scheme. The…
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Alan Kohler: Time to revisit the Allan Fels system of worth management – naming and shaming
This week, for the primary time, the Reserve Financial institution acknowledged that inflation has been partly brought on by the behaviour of firms. In Tuesday’s minutes of the assembly of the RBA board on June 6, was this sentence: “… members noticed that some corporations had been indexing their costs, both implicitly or instantly, to…
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ACCC says it’s essential that guidelines change to stop Qantas, Virgin duopoly
The Albanese authorities is dealing with rising calls to crack down on main airways hoarding airplane slots at Sydney Airport, with the competitors watchdog warning a “duopoly” has emerged between Qantas and Virgin. Australian Competitors and Client Fee (ACCC) chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says lacklustre competitors amongst airways is driving up airfares and delivering poorer service.…