NIB coughs up $10,200 over insurance ads as ACCC crackdown continues
NIB has paid a $10,200 penalty to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission following claims the health insurer contravened the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in some of its advertising. The...
View ArticleACCC probes HealthEngine over allegations of anti-competitive behaviour
An online health appointment booking service backed by Telstra and Seven West Media has been questioned by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, after the watchdog received a complaint...
View ArticleCollapsed training provider fined $160,000 for luring students with fake job...
A Keat Partners stand at a job fair (Source: Facebook) A Melbourne training provider that advertised jobs that did not exist in order to lure potential employees into paying for training or internships...
View ArticleBonsoy’s $25 million compo case settled; Healthcare workers to be back-paid...
Hundreds of consumers who drank Bonsoy soy milk and fell sick will now share in $25 million in compensation, in one of the biggest settlements in Australian food safety class action history. The...
View ArticleAllegedly drunk worker who “smothered” chickens ruffles feathers with...
A Victorian chicken farm worker who was sacked after she was found asleep in a truck the morning after the Melbourne Cup has won her unfair dismissal bid and $7000 in compensation from the Fair Work...
View ArticleFederal Court orders online electronics retailer Electronic Bazaar to cough...
An online electronics retailer has been ordered to pay fines totalling $100,000 by the Federal Court for wrongly telling consumers they didn’t have the rights to refunds, repairs, or replacements for...
View ArticleWebsites claiming to rid drug addicts of “unwanted toxins and chemicals”...
An incorporated association behind two websites claiming to cure drug addicted patients has been slapped on the wrist by the consumer watchdog. Get Off Drugs Naturally Foundation previously claimed its...
View ArticleMelbourne cleaning company Clinica Internationale to face court over claims...
A Melbourne-based cleaning company that told migrants they would qualify for permanent residency if they paid to complete a four week training program is facing court after the consumer watchdog...
View ArticleTribunal finds no breach of privacy law by employer using Facebook to...
An employee has been unsuccessful in her claim her privacy was breached by her employer regarding information on her Facebook account. Lara Jurecek was employed by Transport Safety Victoria and got...
View ArticleProperty startup RealAs receives second defamation threat with Shark Tank...
RealAs has received a second defamation threat over the property startup’s claims it can show which agents are inaccurately quoting house prices – this time from McGrath Estate Agents, the company...
View ArticleFleurieu Milk Company wins back $50,000 Emirates deal after halal hate...
South Australian dairy producer Fleurieu Milk Company is celebrating the return of one of its biggest contracts, after the business won back the supplier deal it walked away from last year in the face...
View ArticleQueensland security contractor hit with $90,000 in penalties after failing to...
A security contractor in regional Queensland has been penalised $90,000 by the Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane after failing to back-pay four employees nearly $10,000. The operator of Mordel Pty Ltd,...
View ArticleNSW government to crack down on real estate agents underquoting: “It’s our...
Dishonest real estate agents that publicly quote a price they know to be significantly less than what a property is worth are the target of a new raft of legislation to be introduced in New South...
View ArticleFormer Fiat Chrysler CEO accused of misappropriating funds and giving cars to...
Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Australia has accused its former chief executive, Clyde Campbell, of misappropriating more than $30 million to fund his extravagant lifestyle and claimed he fraudulently gave...
View ArticleDeals.com.au pays $2 million to employee in legal dispute: “We could f—k you...
The founders of Deals.com.au, owned by AussieCommerce have settled a legal dispute with a former employee who accused founders Adam Schwab and Jeremy Same of misleading and deceptive conduct in a...
View ArticleBusinessman faces court after being accused of underpaying hairdressers...
A Perth-based businessman will front the Federal Circuit Court in Adelaide on June 3 after being accused by the Fair Work Ombudsman of underpaying two Taiwanese backpackers working as hairdressers...
View ArticleFormer Aussie Home Loans rep pleads guilty to $7 million fraud
A former credit representative of Aussie Home Loans has pleaded guilty to three charges in relation to a $7 million home loan fraud. Shiv Prakash Sahay pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court...
View ArticleWorker who claimed genital pain was irritated by workplace bullying loses...
An admin officer for the Tasmanian police who claimed her pre-existing genital pain was aggravated by “aggressive and bullying behaviour from another worker” has lost her claim for worker’s...
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Aussie juice company squeezed by competition watchdog over “freshest quality”...
An Australian juice manufacturer and a supermarket supplying its products have been slapped on the wrist by the competition watchdog for allegedly misleading consumers with false advertising. Supabarn...
View ArticleFitbit accused of “systematically plundering” competitor Jawbone’s staff to...
Health tracking company Fitbit has been accused of “systematically plundering” employees from a rival business in order to access trade secrets and intellectual property. However, Fitbit denied the...
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