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Watchdog given extra teeth over 'dodgy' energy prices
Australia’s energy operators have been put on notice after the Albanese Government beefed up the consumer watchdog’s powers to monitor pricing.
Australia’s energy operators have been put on notice after the Albanese Government beefed up the consumer watchdog’s powers to monitor pricing.
Power prices spiked in June up to five times higher than the wholesale price at the start of 2021, the consumer watchdog has revealed.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been urged to press on with its investigation into Holden’s conduct in the lead-up to the closure of the car brand in Australia, following the findings of a Senate committee report tabled on Thursday.
A government-backed ACCC push to make Google and Facebook pay publishers for Australian news risks backfiring on all parties including consumers, argues Richard Holden. He says that government itself should help subsidise journalism in the interests of democracy.
Australia’s newswire, AAP, has a compelling case for government funding, the head of the nation’s competition watchdog says.
South Australian job seekers are being targeted by scammers, who are using legitimate websites to prey on the unemployed through social media platforms amid the coronavirus pandemic.