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Bupa hit with class action over quality of aged care facilities
Class Actions 2025-04-14 11:04 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Bupa has been hit with a class action alleging it violated consumer laws by providing poor-quality care to residents at aged care facilities.

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United Petroleum franchisee class action ordered to pay $3.7M in security
Justice Richard Attiwill 2025-04-14 12:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over alleged loss-making Pie Face stores has been ordered to hand over $3.7 million in security, with a judge finding it was not likely to stultify the class action.

Clorox hit with $8.25M penalty for greenwashing
Greenwashing 2025-04-14 1:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Clorox has been hit with a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.

Law firm left ‘boxing at shadows’ ahead of Hyundai, Kia class action fight
Class Actions 2025-04-11 4:00 pm By Sam Matthews

Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia have complained they are being left in the dark about whether a competing set of cases will amend their pleadings ahead of next month’s law firm carriage fight.

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Judge wants more than ‘bland’ claim of defects in Hyundai, Kia class actions
Class Actions 2025-04-10 1:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Class actions against Hyundai and Kia say they need a third round of document discovery, two years into the cases, but a judge has said the applicants should first detail the alleged engine defects at issue.

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ACCC enforcement head Liza Carver leaves competition cop, to return to HSF
ACCC 2025-04-10 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

ACCC commissioner Liza Carver is leaving the regulator just three years into a five-year tenure, at a time of a noticeable drop in enforcement by the competition cop under Gina Cass-Gottlieb.

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Qube wins clearance from competition cop to buy MIRRAT with conditions
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-10 3:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Port logistics giant Qube has won the ACCC’s blessing to buy port operations provider MIRRAT under the condition that it agree to not discriminate against downstream competitors at the Port of Melbourne.

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Hyundai, Kia class action firm can’t escape costs of withdrawn appeals
Appeals 2025-04-09 3:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia over alleged defective braking will pay the car manufacturers’ costs incurred for abandoned appeals, despite arguing the appeals were overtaken by subsequent events.

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ACCC won’t oppose Woolworths gobbling up ready meals supplier
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-09 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The competition regulator has signed off on Woolworths’ acquisition of chilled ready meals supplier Beak & Johnston, finding rival retailers would still have plenty of options for supplying ready meals.

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Debt management firm to face trial after negotiations with ASIC ‘derail’
Financial Services 2025-04-08 2:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Debt management firm Solve My Debt Now will face trial over claims by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it left vulnerable customers worse off, despite indicating last year it would admit liability.

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