Competition watchdog probes $800b online property monopoly after banks threat

Competition watchdog probes $800b online property monopoly after banks threat

The ACCC’s chair has criticised the process that allowed PEXA to be privatised and given a monopoly on e-conveyancing with no proper oversight.

  • byColin Kruger

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Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

Will the ACCC’s spotlight on supermarkets deliver any relief?

The competition watchdog’s forensic questioning of Woolworths has so far failed to land a punch or leave red-faced supermarket executives squirming.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Woolworths not guilty of land-banking,says supermarket’s property boss

Woolworths not guilty of land-banking,says supermarket’s property boss

Former Woolworths executives including Brad Banducci returned to face questions from the competition watchdog about competition and pricing.

  • byJessica Yun
A sky full of profits:Qantas blames Coldplay for airfare surge

A sky full of profits:Qantas blames Coldplay for airfare surge

The competition watchdog has revealed prices on some flight routes more than doubled in the months after Rex Airlines’ collapse and the demise of budget carrier Bonza.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
‘Technical limitation’:Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online

‘Technical limitation’:Why you can’t find most Aldi prices online

Aldi is Australia’s cheapest supermarket,and while it would like to put all its prices online,old website infrastructure is holding it back.

  • byJessica Yun
A $9 billion pharmacy Goliath is born,and not everyone’s delighted

A $9 billion pharmacy Goliath is born,and not everyone’s delighted

The new mega-chemist and wholesale supplier will be to retail pharmacies what Bunnings is to hardware,what JB Hi-Fi is to electronics or what Dan Murphys is to booze.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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ACCC clears Chemist Warehouse and Sigma’s $8.8b mega deal

ACCC clears Chemist Warehouse and Sigma’s $8.8b mega deal

The $8.8 billion merger will see the combined company operate 700 stores,or 16 per cent of all pharmacies across Australia. Sigma’s shares skyrocketed on the news.

  • byJessica Yun
Optus apologises for ‘unconscionable’ conduct

Optus apologises for ‘unconscionable’ conduct

The telco is being sued after it allegedly sold hundreds of its vulnerable customers services that they didn’t want or couldn’t afford.

  • byDavid Swan
Forget the ‘Yes’ slogan,Optus. It’s a big ‘No’ from the ACCC

Forget the ‘Yes’ slogan,Optus. It’s a big ‘No’ from the ACCC

The telco has joined the ignominious list of companies doing the wrong thing in their treatment of Indigenous Australians.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Scammers are targeting Australian bank customers. But there’s one key thing you can’t know
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Scammers are targeting Australian bank customers. But there’s one key thing you can’t know

Partially censored data suggests fraudsters are finding certain banks much easier targets than others.

  • byAisha Dow
The man who took on North Sydney’s parking meters and the 8.25% service fee

The man who took on North Sydney’s parking meters and the 8.25% service fee

Simon Berry was shocked to be charged $7.47 instead of $6.90 for an hour’s parking. The company says it was not a card surcharge.

  • byAnthony Segaert