Business
Consumer affairs
'Get your house in order': Victorian regulator puts AGL on notice over dodgy data
Victoria’s energy regulator is considering taking the first steps in pulling AGL’s licence to sell gas and electricity in the state over its dodgy data.
- by Cole Latimer
Latest
Media & marketing
Coles' Little Shop phenomenon still going strong, despite official end
Thousands of Australians are scrambling to complete their set of miniature groceries from the promotion that exceeded all expectations.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Social media
Don't call me and I won't call you - OK?
It's not only teens who hide behind texts and emails.
- by Debora Robertson
Exclusive
Crime
Four charged over alleged $3 million love scam run from detention centre
Police say Nigerian national Fisayo Oluwafemi ran a criminal syndicate that stole $3 million from Villawood Detention Centre on his 16 mobile phones.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Consumer rights
Watchdog gives chase after customers get no joy from Android Enjoyed
Debra Mesiti asked for a refund weeks after ordering a tablet only to receive excuse after excuse from the company about the delay in getting her money back.
- by Rachel Clun
Health
Strawberry farmer 'going through hell' as more needles found
Two more needles have been found in a punnet in Queensland, as growers' peak body says the farmer who produced the fruit is devastated.
- by Lucy Stone
Energy
AGL admits giving dodgy complaints data to energy regulator
The Australian Energy Regulator has been forced to pull the past financial year's statistics from its website after the power giant gave it inaccurate information.
- by Cole Latimer
Life insurance
Life insurance braces for Hayne grilling
The spotlight is on life insurance sold to millions of Australians through their super, amid criticisms some policies are junk.
- by Ruth Williams & Adele Ferguson
Analysis
Privacy
If privacy is dead, why can't we sell our own data?
If privacy is truly a thing of the past, then people should at least profit off their own personal information, a data rights advocate says.
- by Michelle Jamrisko & Mark Miller
Opinion
Retail
When buying milk is a whole new experience
Overwhelmed shoppers have had to deal with a lot of change lately. First, supermarket checkouts did away with single-use plastic bags. Now it seems we’re set to go a step further and ditch the checkout altogether.
- by Eden Faithfull
Health insurance
Millennials are getting sick of paying for baby boomers' health
Millennials have found another reason to resent cashed-up baby boomers: they're subsidising their health care.
- by Hans Lee