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The Latest Breaking News from ACCC

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 Independent UK

Afternoon Update: airports back ACCC’s legal action against Qantas; four killed in Victoria crash; and Mitch McConnell freezes again

Consumer watchdog accuses airline of false, misleading or deceptive conduct; plus soldiers hospitalised in second NT military accident

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

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What is Australia’s most hated company? A Crikey form guide

From Qantas to News Corp to the big four banks, which company do Australians hate the most? Check out our form guide and let us know which corporate titan really gets your goat.

Crikey

‘They want ticket prices to keep going up’: pilots hit out at Qantas’ competition stranglehold

Qantas pilots have slammed CEO Alan Joyce, telling Crikey he is ‘intentionally keeping capacity down to keep prices up’.

Crikey

Deception or serious organisational failure? Indictment of Qantas is devastating

Qantas cancelled Canberra flight but kept taking money for tickets, ACCC alleges.

The Canberra Times

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 Guardian - AU

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

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

The Conversation

Cost-of-living crisis: Albanese government launches taskforce to review competition in bid to ease pressures

Panel’s appointment comes as Woolworths reports rise in net annual earnings to $1.6bn, a day after Coles posts $1.1bn profit

The Guardian - AU

Qantas accused of misleading conduct over advertising flight own sales staff could not find

Airline denies misleading conduct after customer was unable to find flight to London for advertised $2,455 return price

The Guardian - AU

Dell Australia fined a whopping $6.5 million for placebo discounts on monitors

Dell Australia was found to be presenting falsified discounts on its website for add-on computer monitors. As a result, the Federal Court fined the company a whopping 6.5 million US dollars.

Windows Central

Dell walloped with $6.5M fine for fake monitor discounts

Dell's price cuts aren't quite what they seem, who'd a thunk it?!

PC Gamer

Dell Fined $6.5M for Exaggerating Web Store Monitor Bundle Discounts

Dell Australia has been fined AU$10 million (US$6.5 million) for misleading strikethrough discount bundle pricing offered to buyers with a computer in their web store cart.

Tom’s Hardware

How taxpayers are doing their little bit to help the big banks make big profits

The hard work of keeping Australia’s triple triple-A credit rating is great for our big banks — they get to borrow more cheaply.

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The Guardian - AU

Car park fees and other charges kept Australia’s big airports profitable during Covid recovery

Airports lost money on aviation operations between 2021 and 2023 but car parking remained a huge source of income

Crikey

Matt Comyn rakes it in at the CBA — but what about Josh and Phil?

The Commonwealth Bank wants a brighter future for us all, but chiefly its shareholders and senior executives. The rest of us can make do.

The Conversation

Do I have the right bicycle helmet and how can I tell if it's any good? A bike helmet researcher explains

If you ride a bike and want to cut your risk of traumatic head injury, you should wear a helmet. A major Australian review of 40 different studies and 64,000 injured cyclists worldwide showed wearing a bicycle helmet reduces the risk of serious head injury by nearly 70%.

Crikey

ANZ-Suncorp decision will be a crucial moment for competition law

The ACCC has plunged a knife into the proposed merger of ANZ and Suncorp’s banking arm, but will the decision hold up to appeal?

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Crikey

Profit-gouging Qantas has an agenda for the government: help crush competition

What Qantas wants, Qantas appears to get. And what it wants now is for the government to go after airports and raise fuel costs.

Crikey

Misogyny, hoarding, massive complaints — Joyce leaves a shocking mess behind

Qantas, our most complained-about company, continues to enjoy the favour of the government — even as its misbehaviour becomes clearer.

Crikey

‘Please stop talking about this stuff’: a political guide to new greenwashing rules

Just in case the new rules for business are applied to political parties too, Crikey has prepared responses for the major parties.

The Guardian - AU

Urgent scam warning as Australia’s largest loyalty point programs, including Qantas, Telstra and Coles, targeted

Customers warned to be vigilant of messages stating their rewards are expiring as pressure builds for banks to offer compensation

The Guardian - AU

Consumer watchdog urged to investigate ‘misleading’ Australian oil and gas industry PR campaign

Climate campaigners complain to ACCC over Appea ad that claimed gas was ‘50% cleaner’ than coal

The Guardian - AU

Government’s Climate Active program should be probed for potential greenwashing, Allan Fels says

Former ACCC boss has told a Senate inquiry the certification program could be guilty of ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’

The Guardian - AU

Apple and Google face block on taking cut from in-app purchases in Australia

Changes part of official response to watchdog’s consultation on a mandatory code of conduct for digital platforms

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