Business
Consumer affairs
Claims that power generators are behind electricity price spikes
Small electricity retail firm Enova claims that major power generators are withholding supply during peak demand in order to drive up wholesale electricity prices.
- by Nick O'Malley
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AGL fined after subsidiary allegedly signed up energy customers ‘without consent’
Australia’s top power provider has been hit with heavy penalties after the watchdog alleged fraudulent conduct by one of its subsidiaries.
- by Nick Toscano
Green light for businesses to offer vaccine rewards
The Therapeutic Goods Administration will let Australian businesses offer monetary incentives, vouchers, discounts and other perks for those who have had their shots.
- by Emma Koehn
False hand sanitiser and face mask claims spark fines for Noni B, Rivers owner
The consumer watchdog has issued a $630,000 fine to the retailer after it used false advertising to sell tens of thousands of face masks and hand sanitiser bottles at the height of the pandemic.
- by Dominic Powell
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Boats
The pleasures and pitfalls of shared boating
The boating boom is fuelling demand for a timeshare-style approach to boat ownership as a cheaper, easier alternative to buying a boat, but consumers need to do their homework.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
TGA weighs over-the-counter contraceptive pill plan
The medicines regulator is asking for feedback on two plans that would give pharmacists more freedom to supply the pill without a prescription.
- by Emma Koehn
Self-proclaimed wealth guru’s credit licence cancelled by corporate regulator
Dominique Grubisa advertises her ability to create a “force field” around the wealth and assets of her clients. Now the corporate cop has moved to shut her down.
- by Richard Baker
Opinion
Gadgets
Apple’s AirTag trackers made it frighteningly easy to ‘stalk’ me
Apple’s new AirTags, $45 wireless devices that help you locate things, work well. Frighteningly well.
- by Geoffrey A. Fowler
Opinion
Superannuation
The real budget reforms that could make women’s lives better in retirement
Simply allowing those women who can already save to save more isn’t enough.
- by Christina Hobbs
Amazon’s MacKenzie Scott gave away billions. The scam artists followed
Wollongong mother Danielle Churchill needed help. Late last year, she received the message that seemed to solve her financial problems.
- by Nicholas Kulish
Economists’ high-rise study a low blow for heritage activist
A Sydney-based think tank says high-rise unit developments change suburban character, but not in a negative way. Brisbane residents argue high density without services is the problem.
- by Tony Moore