Central banks have created their own measures of inflation. But new research shows their metrics are missing the real price increases experienced by ordinary shoppers.
Fed-up consumers have found an avenue to shine a light on sneaky tactics used by businesses - and it seems to be working.
Australians have strongly backed court action against Coles and Woolworths over supermarket pricing.
A climate group is urging the consumer watchdog to investigate the airline’s sustainability claims after a recent European Union crack down on “greenwashing”.
Consumers’ anger with debit card surcharges has been growing for months. The government says it is prepared to ban them.
Coles is battling to win consumer trust – and a bigger share of the Christmas shop as customers spread their spending over a longer time and more retailers.
A multibillion-dollar Chemist Warehouse deal would entrench its domination of Australia’s pharmacy sector. But the competition watchdog isn’t yet convinced it’s healthy for customers.
The government is increasing its attention on the nation’s supermarket aisles,promising to make it easier to detect shrinkflation.
No matter what you do to encourage Australian shoppers to fill their trolleys with cheap groceries,we keep going back to the same supermarket duopoly.
The bank failed to overturn last year’s Federal Court judgement on a capital raising from almost a decade ago that was the subject of a criminal cartel case.
Virgin says a 25 per cent stake would allow it to launch services to Doha,more than a year after Qatar Airways was rejected from doubling its flights to Australia.