Lights out:Chatime pulls specialty cups over missing battery warning

Lights out:Chatime pulls specialty cups over missing battery warning

The recall follows rising concerns about fires caused by batteries,particularly those with lithium-ion cells.

  • byJessica Yun

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Pumping insurance premiums:Are loyalty discounts a mug’s game?

Pumping insurance premiums:Are loyalty discounts a mug’s game?

Insurance giant IAG has been accused of telling customers they were receiving loyalty discounts when it wasn’t cheaper insurance at all.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Coalition rules out baby bonus as births continue to slip
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Coalition rules out baby bonus as births continue to slip

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor,a father of four,says the nation’s falling fertility rate is a growing issue for all economic policymakers.

  • byShane Wright
The force behind competition queen Gina Cass-Gottlieb

The force behind competition queen Gina Cass-Gottlieb

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb is working harder than she ever has in her career,and the results are showing on the scoreboard,with wins including tougher merger laws,and a $120 million penalty against Qantas this past week.

  • byAnne Hyland
Sorry,not sorry:Qantas perfects the art of the non-apology
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Aviation

Sorry,not sorry:Qantas perfects the art of the non-apology

To suggest that the airline’s settlement over the ghost flights matter makes Qantas a trustworthy company is to be wilfully blind to its recent history.

  • byJoe Aston
Qantas’ $225 and $450 compensation payments:What you need to know

Qantas’ $225 and $450 compensation payments:What you need to know

The airline admitted it misled consumers by advertising tens of thousands of “ghost flights”. Here’s everything we know about what affected customers will get.

  • byJessica Yun andAmelia McGuire
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‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards
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‘Wild west’:The TikTok tanning ads breaching community standards

There are dozens,possibly hundreds,of other similar videos on social media,prompting leading advertising figures to call out marketing tactics lacking social responsibility.

  • byAisha Dow
Love online shopping? These ‘shadow websites’ are a convincing scam

Love online shopping? These ‘shadow websites’ are a convincing scam

Imitation websites can look exactly like the homepages of shoppers’ favourite brands,and more Australians are falling victim to them.

  • byMelissa Singer
Consumers pay the price as Bonza fights to survive
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Aviation

Consumers pay the price as Bonza fights to survive

The cloud hanging over the future of Bonza makes it clear more must be done to encourage new players in Australian aviation – and to support them.

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New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals

New consumer laws needed to protect us from forever chemicals

The federal government must address the hole in the consumer law and make it illegal to sell unsafe products.

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The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market

The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market

The assistant competition minister says Australians are “paying too much for a schooner” and independent brewers say the consumer watchdog should investigate.

  • byRachel Clun