Electronics giant LG did not break the law when it convinced customers to pay to have their faulty televisions repaired, even though they might have been entitled to a full refund or replacement, a court has ruled.
Melbourne motorists have paid about $150 million too much for petrol in the past year, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Disgraced education consultant Get Qualified Australia has been ordered to pay an $8 million penalty for "serious, extensive and deliberate" misconduct.
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The competition watchdog has been dealt a blow after the Federal Court threw out a landmark case against private health insurer Medibank over alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.
Australian consumers who buy tickets on resale websites commonly have no idea the website is not an official ticketing platform.
On-the-go breakfast products contain more sugar and are up to 18 times more expensive than two cereal wheat biscuits and milk.
Drip pricing tactics that have increased the price of entertainment and live sport tickets by up to 31 per cent have landed ticket reseller Viagogo before the Federal Court.
Online ticket reseller Viagogo estimated to have ripped off 600 consumers by almost $130,000.
Harvey Norman, Apple and Ray White angered consumers one too many times in the past twelve months, accounting for the highest number of complaints to NSW Fair Trading.
McDonald's plans to start curbing the use of important human antibiotics in its global chicken supply next year as the fast-food giant joins a broad effort to battle dangerous superbugs. In Australia, its chooks are expected to be antibiotic-free by the end of 2019.
In just one day Olimpia bought almost 20 iTunes gift cards worth more than $1800, and all to pay for an NBN connection.
Electricity, health expenses and groceries are the top three issues worrying more than half of all Australian consumers.
Laura takes pride in her appearance like most of her peers, but she's gone to slightly different lengths than most to slim down for summer.
Fifty thousand Australian cars still contain early "alpha" versions of Takata airbags, which have the potential to rupture in one in two cases.
A low-cost toaster has been recalled by Target due to concerns it may spark a fire or deliver an electric shock to users.
Sydney households on the best electricity market offers are paying almost $840 less every year than those on the worst.
The new-car manufacturing industry has been put on notice by the ACCC.
Robots may or may not be coming for our jobs, but some technology is all about connecting humans and enabling our passions.
A Woolworths payment system error has angered customers after it generated duplicate charges for earlier transactions.
A new Four Corners investigation has found 60,000 tonnes a month are transported from NSW to Queensland.
The major power companies' default mode is to treat loyal, long-term customers as complete mugs. You can ask for discounts, but it's finding the best deal where the pursuit of cheaper power becomes complicated.
All of the big three energy retailers have dropped their fixed-rate electricity plans in the aftermath of 17 per cent price hikes.
CHOICE has called on the federal government to stop propping up ''junk'' health insurance policies with tax breaks and rebates.
Danny Marcuson was not surprised to learn online transactions using stolen credit card details were on the rise.
Online credit card fraud is on the rise, with fraudsters who use stolen card details netting the lion's share of more than $530 million dollars last year, industry body Australian Payments Network has revealed.
Australians who bought a packet of Nurofen between 2011 and 2015 could be compensated after the company that makes the popular painkillers agreed to settle a consumer class action.
The rise of superbugs has seen global health experts urge farmers to limit antibiotic use. But one salmon company says diseases have forced it to increase the dosage over the past few years.
With 22 per cent of children considered overweight or obese, the NSW chief health officer is urging parents to increase vegetable consumption.
Insurer AAMI has been criticised after it sent an "ad" that strongly resembled a bill to a woman in Sydney.
From gym memberships, to vitamins and beauty treatments, the average Australian spends $1142 every year on their physical wellbeing.