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AGL cops a $25M penalty for overcharging welfare recipients
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-12-19 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Energy provider AGL has been slapped with a $25 million penalty after it continued to deduct payments from around 500 welfare recipients after they had closed their accounts.

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IC Markets CEO hit with guillotine orders for filing defence
Class Actions 2024-12-19 3:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has set a final deadline for the CEO of International Capital Markets to file his defence in a class action over risky contracts for difference.

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Swoosh accused of providing credit to financially stressed customers
Financial Services 2024-12-19 11:44 pm By Andy Sidler

ASIC has sued credit contractor Swoosh Finance for allegedly providing unsuitable loans with high fees and interest rates to customers who showed “clear signs of financial distress”.

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ACCC won’t give Catholic hospitals blessing to boycott private insurers
Healthcare 2024-12-19 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator plans to block a group of Catholic hospital operators from collectively boycotting large private health insurers in the event funding negotiations fail.

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Law firm files first class action over Google’s ad tech dominance
Class Actions 2024-12-17 8:55 am By Christine Caulfield

One law firm has beaten two others to court in pursuing Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in online advertising.

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Mobil taken to court for ‘misleading’ statements about fuel
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-12-17 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The ACCC alleges Mobil Oil breached consumer laws by falsely claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel at six Far North Queensland stations.

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Maurice Blackburn’s class action risk too high to duck security, court told
Class Actions 2024-12-16 11:27 pm By Andy Sidler

Maurice Blackburn should provide $1.77 million in security in a class action over add-on insurance because the firm faces high risks in other class actions which could affect its ability to cover an adverse costs order, a court has heard.

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Online florist Meg’s Flowers to pay $1M penalty for dodgy ‘local’ claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-12-16 11:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Online florist Meg’s Flowers has been hit with a $1 million penalty for falsely claiming on websites and online ads that it was a local florist.

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Spotless, Ventia in court over alleged price-fixing on Defence contracts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-12-12 1:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Facilities services companies Spotless and Ventia and four executives have been taken to court by the competition watchdog, accused of fixing prices on Defence contracts.

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Viva Energy’s proposed acquisition of LOC Global gets ACCC’s OK
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-12-12 4:27 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Viva Energy has been given the all-clear by the ACCC to acquire the remaining 50 per cent share of LOC Global after agreeing to sell 14 service stations to Solo Oil.

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