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How 38,000 Australians ended up on a restaurant booking blacklist
Restaurants affiliated with the online booking site Dimmi have blacklisted 38,000 diners for failing to show up at a reservation in the past year.
Restaurants affiliated with the online booking site Dimmi have blacklisted 38,000 diners for failing to show up at a reservation in the past year.
Five years after graduating from medicine in Sydney, Matt Schiller is operating in Silicon Valley.
Drug trial studies that are sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to favour a sponsor's product.
It looked like the perfect Airbnb that was too good to be true. It was.
The slide of the share of the private health insurance market held by Medibank Private is showing few signs of slowing, as the group battles high complaints volumes and rising costs.
The corporate watchdog says the insurance industry is doing itself no favours by selling junk products that hurt the most vulnerable.
Bellamy's shareholders told not to back the push to grab board control of the troubled company
Ansell might be willing to curry favour with the new US President Donald Trump's call to 'make America great again' by forcing more companies to create jobs in the US, but CSL has got a tin ear by comparison.
Here's another problem for Medibank customers.
Unlike some key local competitors, A2 Milk has boasted of "strong growth in demand" for its infant milk formula in China as it posted a surge in earnings.
The industry' voluntary codes were meant to reduce unhealthy food ads targeting children, but there's strong evidence they're not working.
Consumers are demanding more free range eggs, but the industry is doing everything it can to keep using battery cages by shaping the new batch of animal welfare laws.
Critics say the language, including the words "beat" and "struck", continues lingerie chain Honey Birdette's alleged practices of tolerating or encouraging dangerous and exploitative workplace practices.
An education organisation, which could owe hundreds of Australian consumers full or partial refunds in excess of $1 million, has had its registration as a provider of vocational education and training (VET) services cancelled.
One in three Australian pharmacists recommend alternative medicines that have little to no scientific evidence of working.
Just over 1000 people lost more than $25 million to romance scammers in 2016 alone.
Independent pharmacies across Sydney claim they are struggling to stock their shelves with sought-after Blackmores products.
The flowers may be beautiful, affordable and perfect for your valentine, but consumer watchdogs are warning people to do their research and steer clear of dodgy websites.
For those of us who spend a lot of time on the internet, there will be the occasional urge to simply disappear - delete your accounts, roll back your Google results and become invisible. Is it possible to completely disappear?
Sydney stores are running out of fans ahead of a 38-degree heatwave this weekend.
Would you spend extra for that perfect snap?
Veda has made changes to its scoring model but hasn't made a public announcement about it.
Holden has identified dangerous faults in counterfeit Commodore bonnets that are being fitted to Australian cars and has warned consumers over non-genuine parts used by crash repairers.
An analysis of 283 Android VPN-based apps found more than 80 per cent of apps leak user data.
Australians are paying record high premiums for private health insurance, and it's set to go even higher. Many economists think the price hikes cannot be justified.
Are you more likely to buy something if the label says it has been discounted?
Opening up the electricity market to competition may have been touted by government as opening the door to lower bills, but large numbers of households are disengaged, with only a relatively modest number of families chasing cheaper suppliers
The end may be in sight for the shake-out in the dairy industry which has pushed milk stocks to 20 year lows.
James Packer's lawyers are taking steps to halt the distribution of a dodgy online ad that claims he endorses a risky trading strategy.
You can forget the fish fingers for today's discerning diners
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