Experts warn scammers are targeting victims through drawn-out investment and romance scams – and say social media platforms to step up prevention.
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.
The former ACCC chairman’s proposals to reform the city’s tolling system are littered with potholes for the Minns government.
Australian Medical Association president Steve Robson said he had thought the country had matured past the era of extreme sun exposure.
A closed-door meeting of competition experts has been held to discuss the federal government’s plans to renew competition policy across the country.
The chair of the competition and consumer watchdog has put supermarkets,airlines,banks,telcos,ecommerce players and digital platforms on notice.
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.
Telstra,TPG and Optus are on a rare unity ticket fighting against proposed changes they say will lead to more SMS scams.
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.
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.
Car servicing giant Ultra Tune,owned by controversial businessman Sean Buckley,has been fined a record $1.5 million for contempt of court.