Business
Consumer affairs
US retail giant Costco keeping mum on WA invitation to join fuel watchdog
New legislation aims to close a loophole that stops FuelWatch from reporting prices at service stations that only sell to customers as part of a membership program.
- by Hamish Hastie
Latest
Home tech
Have a dumb home: The spooks' guide to debugging your life
Britain's spy agency has updated its advice on smart devices, urging consumers to turn off internet features of smart cameras in their homes.
- by Hannah Boland and James Cook
Opinion
Veganism
Nobody is forcing you to eat a meat-free pie
Just because brands are making their products more accessible to others, doesn't mean you're being forgotten.
- by Matt Bungard
Opinion
Aviation
Don't blame capitalism for shrinking airline legroom
A viral video of a man punching the back of a woman's reclined airline seat got Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian's attention. But he made things worse when he asked flyers to be polite and check with the passengers behind them before hitting the recline button.
- by Noah Smith
Explainer
Coronavirus outbreak
How will the coronavirus outbreak affect your travel plans?
Travel arrangements are being thrown into doubt, and many are wondering whether it's worth going overseas in the first place. What should you do if you've booked a trip?
- by Bianca Hall and Josh Dye
ACCC
'Potential for unconscionable conduct': Funeral industry in ACCC's sights
The chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission used his first public address of 2020 to put the funeral industry on notice.
- by Matt Bungard
Gambling
Punters steer clear of Victoria's cash limit program for pokies
A Victorian government scheme aimed at reducing poker machine harm has been deemed a failure, with punters failing to take up the program as some venues discourage its use.
- by Patrick Hatch
Opinion
APRA
Young are dropping out of private health insurance like flies
Australia’s health system relies on the public system dealing with the sickest, most complex and urgent patients while the private system deals with healthier, less complex and less urgent patients.
- by Angela Jackson
Video games
Video games with gambling features should be banned from children
There are calls for stricter regulation of computer games that target children with gambling technology and psychology.
- by Nick O'Malley
Scams
'Cat and mouse': Romance scams a $28.6m problem and growing
Romance scammers cheated victims out of a record $28.6 million last year, finding new hunting grounds in online games such as Words with Friends, Scrabble and World of War.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Soft commodities
'We're flat out': Labs running overtime testing wine grapes for smoke taint
Thousands of wine grape samples from this season's vintage are likely to be laboratory tested as producers want to know whether grapes have been affected by smoke
- by Darren Gray