Scammers are becoming patient:Banks say social media giants need to step up

Scammers are becoming patient:Banks say social media giants need to step up

Experts warn scammers are targeting victims through drawn-out investment and romance scams – and say social media platforms to step up prevention.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Coalition developing ‘big stick’ law to rein in Coles and Woolworths
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Supermarkets

Coalition developing ‘big stick’ law to rein in Coles and Woolworths

Opposition backbenchers are putting pressure on Peter Dutton to live up to his repeated claim that the Coalition is now the party of the working classes.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Allan Fels wants to shake up Sydney toll roads. But it’s politically risky
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Roads

Allan Fels wants to shake up Sydney toll roads. But it’s politically risky

The former ACCC chairman’s proposals to reform the city’s tolling system are littered with potholes for the Minns government.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Doctors back ban on suntan oil ads luring TikTok,Instagram users
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Doctors back ban on suntan oil ads luring TikTok,Instagram users

Australian Medical Association president Steve Robson said he had thought the country had matured past the era of extreme sun exposure.

  • byAisha Dow
States sign up for new competition agenda to lift wages
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States sign up for new competition agenda to lift wages

A closed-door meeting of competition experts has been held to discuss the federal government’s plans to renew competition policy across the country.

  • byShane Wright
ACCC cracks down on fake specials,dodgy online claims amid cost of living pressures

ACCC cracks down on fake specials,dodgy online claims amid cost of living pressures

The chair of the competition and consumer watchdog has put supermarkets,airlines,banks,telcos,ecommerce players and digital platforms on notice.

  • byJessica Yun
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Pressure mounts on Facebook to be part of solution to ‘problem they’ve caused’

Pressure mounts on Facebook to be part of solution to ‘problem they’ve caused’

Former competition regulator Allan Fels says the federal government should use tax law and content rules to maximise pressure on the social media giant to pay for Australian news content.

  • byDavid Crowe
New regulations ‘will open the floodgates’ on SMS scams

New regulations ‘will open the floodgates’ on SMS scams

Telstra,TPG and Optus are on a rare unity ticket fighting against proposed changes they say will lead to more SMS scams.

  • byDavid Swan
Katies,Rivers,Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries

Katies,Rivers,Noni B owner to defend ‘flawed’ ACCC lawsuit over failed deliveries

The budget fashion brands retailer sent out hundreds of thousands of items more than 20 days after customers had ordered them,and in some instances,not at all.

  • byJessica Yun
Australia’s vegetable industry in serious jeopardy,suppliers warn

Australia’s vegetable industry in serious jeopardy,suppliers warn

The situation for growers is so dire that more than a third are considering walking away from their farming business,according to a submission to the Senate supermarket pricing inquiry.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andJessica Yun
Ultra Tune fined $1.5 million following competition watchdog probe

Ultra Tune fined $1.5 million following competition watchdog probe

Car servicing giant Ultra Tune,owned by controversial businessman Sean Buckley,has been fined a record $1.5 million for contempt of court.

  • byCameron Houston