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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Mazda have both lost their appeals in a case over the car manufacturer’s ‘appalling’ customer service, with three judges questioning the regulator’s decisions in how it ran the case.

Mining equipment company Qteq and its executive chairman Simon Ashton have denied allegations of bid rigging and other cartel conduct levelled by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

A complaint has been lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against Etihad Airways for allegedly making false or misleading statements about its greenhouse gas emissions and plans for achieving net zero emissions.

Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.

The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries should be sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney, a court has heard.

The ACCC will monitoring the pricing and supply of essential services such as energy and telecommunications as well as interest rates in 2023 as cost of living pressures continue to bear down on consumers.

Ultra Tune has failed to prove its managing director is mentally incapacitated and unable to give evidence at a sentencing hearing for contempt of court after he was seen earlier this week attending a hearing in a criminal case on charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend.

Google-owned Fitbit has denied ACCC allegations it misled consumers about their rights concerning faulty devices, and has challenged the regulator on its claim that it was obligated to refund customers who did not raise a complaint within 45 days of purchase or shipment.

Aussie Skips and CEO Emmanuel Roussakis have pleaded guilty to price fixing over the supply of skip bins and demolition waste services in Sydney.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost its challenge to a decision that tossed its case alleging NSW Ports stymied competition when it signed a 50-year agreement with the state to privatise two ports.