13 May 2021

Telstra admitted the conduct and the penalty imposed is the second highest ever under the Australian Consumer Law.

23 March 2021

Full Federal Court upholds ACCC appeal in statutory unconscionable conduct case.

10 March 2021

Australian Pacific touring Pty Ltd (APT) has agreed to stop deducting marketing and overheads from booking refunds.

3 March 2021

ACCC Chair, Rod Sims, has delivered a speech marking the 10th anniversary of the Competition and Consumer Act incorporating the Australian Consumer Law

25 November 2020

The ACCC has published a report on the impact of COVID-10 on consumers and fair trading.

28 November 2019

The Federal Court (Justice Bromwich) has found that training college Australian Institute of Professional Education Pty Ltd (AIPE) implemented a system of unconscionable conduct and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when enrolling consumers into courses.

31 October 2019

The Federal Court has ordered Unique International College to pay more than $4m in pecuniary penalties for contravening consumer laws in the process of enrolling six identified consumers in online courses with the offer of a free laptop. The conduct involved included unconscionable conduct (against five consumers), making false or misleading customers (against four consumers) and breaching the unsolicited consumer agreements provisions (against six consumers).

29 October 2019

The ACCC has instituted proceedings alleging Google engaged in misleading conduct and made false or misleading representation about collection and use of personal location data.

24 October 2019

The Federal Court has ordered Ashley & Martin to refund consumers as a result of unfair terms in one of its hair loss treatment programs.

21 October 2019

ACCC hits Flight Centre with infringement notices exceeding $250,000 for alleged misleading advertising

16 October 2019

Last week the High Court handed down their split decision in Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd.

12 June 2019

The High Court (by 4-3 majority) has held that Kobelt's provision of 'book-up' credit to a remote Indigenous community was not unconscionable conduct

16 April 2019

ACCC institutes proceedings against Bupa Aged Care alleging false or misleading representations were made to aged care residents

12 April 2019

ACCC has instituted proceedings against iSelect Ltd for misleading or deceptive conduct and false or misleading representations in relation to its energy plan comparison service.