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The shift to mobile phone usage over the pandemic has been accompanied by 63,000 complaints between July 2020 and March 2022, according to a new report.

The federal treasurer has an obligation to disclose how Labor will deal with its multimillion-dollar stake in Suncorp. Transparency is crucial.

Petrol could fall below $1.85 a litre as global prices for crude oil slide. But are retailers passing on the falls?

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ANZ’s proposed acquisition of Suncorp’s banking arm is bad news for competition and should be axed by regulators.

More Australians have had money stolen from their bank or credit-card accounts during the pandemic due to a growth in online shopping. While most victims are reimbursed by their financial institutions, there are some grey areas.

Consumer watchdog says most locations relayed 20c cut to motorists, while treasurer confirms concession still likely to end on 28 September

New regulations require scam messages to be traced, identified and blocked and for information to be shared with authorities

Andrew Leigh says stopping ‘excessive market concentration’ is key to lifting competition to benefit workers and consumers

Scammers raked in $4.2 million through pet-related fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 1000 per cent since the beginning of the pandemic.

Australian consumers and businesses lost more than A$2 billion to scams in 2021, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) annual Targeting Scams report released on Monday. This figure should sounds alarm bells – it’s more than double the $851 million reported lost in 2020.