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Systematic Unconscionable Conduct All Comes Out in the Geowash

14 July 2021

The Full Court’s decision in Geowash confirms that regulators have a powerful tool through which to address systematic unconscionable conduct

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‘Consumer’ threshold increased to $100,000 – is your business ready?

7 July 2021

By Carmen Gawthorpe

The definition of ‘consumer’ has been amended to cover purchases up to $100,000 (up from $40,000), with effect from 1 July 2021.

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Sounds like a Plan? The ACCC and AER announce strategic priorities

22 August 2019

By Rahul Arora

The ACCC and AER's Corporate Plan highlights strategic priorities and areas of focus for 2019-20. Here's a helicopter overview of what you need to know.

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2019: the year of consumer rights and corporate penalties

27 February 2019

By Samantha McDonald

Rod Sims has unveiled the ACCC's 2019 enforcement policy and priorities.

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Rotten Otton hit with highest ever ACL penalty

20 November 2018

By Ed Slattery

Federal Court issues a record $18 million penalty for We Buy Houses Pty Ltd and its principal

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1 Star Rating: Singapore Regulator Flags Unwinding of Grab/Uber Merger

13 July 2018

By Mark Giuseppini

Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore acts to block the sale of Uber’s Southeast Asian business to Grab on competition grounds

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First the penalties, now the rest – a Bill to implement the other ACL reforms introduced into Parliament

4 April 2018

By Michael Evans

With Federal Parliament already considering increases to the maximum pecuniary penalties for non-compliance with certain sections of the Australia Consumer Law (ACL) (see our article here), a Bill to implement other changes to ACL was introduced into Parliament on 28 March.

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