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'Bloody ridiculous': Gas bill for empty unit tops $5k
It's no secret that gas and electricity prices have skyrocketed in recent times. But Wally and Jenny Jacobs three most recent gas bills left them gobsmacked.
It's no secret that gas and electricity prices have skyrocketed in recent times. But Wally and Jenny Jacobs three most recent gas bills left them gobsmacked.
The Dove brand sheepishly admitted that it had "missed the mark" with a not-so-vaguely racist advertisement that has made it the latest target of consumer rage.
A Sydney woman warns consumers to be on high alert after she was almost sucked in by a scratchie scam.
Samsung has racked up its third straight Shonky Award, called out by Choice alongside Westpac, Coles and five car manufacturers in Australia for their dubious and overpriced goods.
A Sydney couple celebrating 1000 days together have called out a horrible experience at a Sydney restaurant.
Wellness fraud Belle Gibson has been ordered to pay $410,000 after she was found to have misled vulnerable Australians with claims that she cured cancer.
Australia's big banks have moved swiftly to follow the Commonwealth Bank's decision earlier today to axe fees for customers of other institutions using their ATMs to withdraw cash.
Westpac has swiftly followed The Commonwealth Bank in axing fees for customers of other institutions using its ATMs to withdraw cash.
Vending machines should be better able to cope with the new $10 notes going into circulation this week, after last year's teething problems with the upgraded $5 note, the Reserve Bank says.
"They are big organised crime and they make a fortune."
State authorities have intervened in the operations of a retirement village run by a convicted criminal.
Your afternoon chocolate bar may be fuelling climate change, destroying protected forests and threatening elephants, chimpanzees and hippos in West Africa, research suggests.
Prospective residents of retirement villages can now calculate the estimated costs of moving into a village before signing a contract.
A technical glitch on the new Pizza Hut website and app left many overcharged and without the pizzas they ordered on Sunday night.
The ACCC says 1236 Australians have lost almost $540,000 in the "gift card as payment" scam this year.
German supermarket giant Aldi has found itself in a legal tangle over its Moroccan Argan Oil hair products.
The former chief executive of Primary Health Care Peter Gregg received nearly $1 million in severance pay after being charged with criminal offences.
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.
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.
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