Qantas has responded to ACCC proceedings alleging it sold thousands of tickets on cancelled flights, saying the period in which the alleged unlawful conduct occurred was one of “well-publicised upheaval” for airlines.
The ACCC will seek a record penalty of more than $250 million against Qantas for selling tickets on cancelled flights, saying companies were not “sufficiently” scared of the consequences of misleading consumers.
The ACCC has initiated court proceedings against Qantas for allegedly continuing to sell tickets on more than 8,000 flights that had been cancelled weeks earlier.
A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay a $575,000 penalty.
ANZ has lodged an application asking the Australian Competition Tribunal to reverse the competition regulator’s rejection of its $4.9 billion tie-up with Queensland-based Suncorp.
Dominique Grubisa has come up short in her bid to have the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission file formal pleadings in its case alleging she misled students enrolled in her real estate investing and wealth management courses.
Dell Australia has been ordered to pay a $10 million penalty for making false and misleading representations about the discount prices of add-on computer monitors.
Telstra and TPG will not challenge a decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to uphold the ACCC’s rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released guidelines to help businesses avoid greenwashing and greenhushing, calling on general counsel to avoid broad terms like âsustainableâ and ensure businesses have research to back up green claims.
A judge overseeing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissionâs case alleging auto mechanic Ultra Tune failed to comply with court orders has labelled its managing director Sean Buckley as âone of the more dreadful witnessesâ he had seen.