VIP Sheds fails to deliver orders, customers say
Up to 30 customers of VIP Sheds in Tasmania are trying to find the company's owners to get refunds for orders they never received.
View ArticleTelstra's NBN construction deal raises competition worries
The competition watchdog raises concerns that Telstra may benefit against its rivals from the information it gains while helping to build parts of the NBN.
View ArticleASIC boss says budget cuts stopped investigations
The head of Australia's corporate regulator plays down the need for a banking royal commission, but admits that some areas of proactive surveillance have been "removed".
View ArticleUCG banned immediately in Queensland, laws to follow, Mines Minister says
Underground coal gasification is to be banned in Queensland due to its environmental impact with legislation to be introduced to State Parliament by the end of the year.
View Article'Do not knock': Door-to-door traders banned from remote Indigenous community
Wujal Wujal, three hours north of Cairns in Queensland, has been plagued by unscrupulous door-to door traders and is set to become the nation's first "do not knock" town.
View ArticleLeighton slammed for mishandling corruption allegations
A former top executive at construction firm Leighton Holdings slams the company's ability or willingness to weed out corruption or questionable payments.
View ArticleWestpac withdraws from real estate lending to foreigners
Westpac Bank and its subsidiaries are no longer lending money to foreigners wanting to buy residential property.
View ArticleColgate-Palmolive to pay $18m fine for laundry detergent cartel
Colgate-Palmolive is hit with the equal third biggest penalty for cartel conduct in Australian history for price and supply fixing of laundry detergents.
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank whistleblower alleges smear campaign
The doctor who blew the whistle on the Commonwealth Bank's denial of insurance payouts tells a Senate committee CBA is running a smear campaign against him.
View ArticleConsumers should be able to bypass geoblocking: Government agency
The Federal Government's Productivity Commission is urging lawmakers to make it clear that using VPNs to bypass geoblocking is not piracy.
View Article7-Eleven 'looking for excuse' to keep lid on compo claims
Former ACCC chairman Allan Fels hits out at 7-Eleven after the convenience chain dumps the wages panel set up to look into workers' entitlements after revelations many of them were being underpaid.
View Article7-Eleven 'looking for excuse' to keep lid on compo claims
Former ACCC chairman Allan Fels hits out at 7-Eleven after the convenience chain dumps the wages panel set up to look into workers' entitlements after revelations many of them were being underpaid.
View ArticleAustralia is a 'hotbed' for economic crime: PwC
Australian organisations experience cybercrime at double the global rate, with 65 per cent experiencing cybercrime in the last 24 months, compared with a global average of 32 per cent.
View ArticleGuards injured on Nauru, Manus Island not entitled to work cover
Former guards say they weren't adequately covered and are seeking compensation for injuries they sustained while working at the detention centre.
View ArticlePink batt businesses to take Government to court over lack of compensation
The botched Home Insulation Program, which dogged Labor during the last federal election, is now shaping up to be a headache for the Coalition Government.
View ArticleWoolworths fined $9m for involvement in detergent cartel
The Federal Court orders Woolworths to pay penalties totalling $9 million for its involvement in a laundry detergent cartel.
View Article7-Eleven store owner given record fine for exploiting workers
The owner of a 7-Eleven store in Brisbane is fined more than $400,000 for underpaying staff, the largest penalty imposed in Australia by a court after action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
View ArticleASIC takes Macquarie to court over Cayman Islands fund investments
ASIC says it has launched legal action against Macquarie Group after it admitted it failed to properly manage a fund that made a $30 million investment into a Cayman Islands-based account.
View ArticleEarlier last drinks and no shots after midnight in Queensland
New alcohol laws which cut off early morning drinking at bars and clubs have come into effect in Queensland to reduce late-night violence.
View ArticleGreens demand limits on pokies at Canberra Casino
Gamblers will only be able to place $1 bets on poker machines at Canberra Casino if Greens MLA and frontbencher Shane Rattenbury has his way.
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