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Tobacco licensing laws smoulder as parties fire up

Tobacco licensing laws smoulder as parties fire up

The Victorian government has denied dragging its feet on legislation to tackle tit-for-tat tobacco firebombings despite blocking a licensing scheme bill.

Read null about it: privacy changes could bury news

Read null about it: privacy changes could bury news

Read null about it: privacy changes could bury news

Read null about it: privacy changes could bury news

Changes to Australian privacy laws could open an avenue for powerful people to shut down news coverage, a group has told a Senate inquiry.

Adults only: online codes to limit porn, gaming access

Adults only: online codes to limit porn, gaming access

Adults only: online codes to limit porn, gaming access

Adults only: online codes to limit porn, gaming access

Australian internet users will have their age tested before they can access some gaming and pornographic websites under wide-ranging online safety proposals.

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CBA apologises, pays $7.5m fine after spam emails

CBA apologises, pays $7.5m fine after spam emails

Commonwealth Bank has been penalised after sending 170 million emails to customers with no way to unsubscribe.

Crown fined $2 million over self-exclusion breaches

Crown fined $2 million over self-exclusion breaches

Crown Melbourne has been fined $2 million over self-exclusion breaches but the regulator has accepted the failures weren't deliberate or reckless.

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

The consumer watchdog is taking Coles and Woolworths to court amid allegations the retailers allegedly artificially increased prices on hundreds of goods.

UK watchdog to probe dynamic pricing of Oasis tickets

UK watchdog to probe dynamic pricing of Oasis tickets

Britain's competition watchdog is keeping its action options open as it looks into the "dynamic pricing" that jacked up the cost of Oasis tickets.

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Thousands of illegal jelly cups seized during sting

Thousands of illegal jelly cups seized during sting

Thousands of illegal jelly cups seized during sting

Thousands of illegal jelly cups seized during sting

Although mini jelly cups containing Konjac were banned in Australia due to a choking hazard, 11,300 of them were found across three businesses in Sydney.

Record fine for Tabcorp over gambling rule breaches

Record fine for Tabcorp over gambling rule breaches

Record fine for Tabcorp over gambling rule breaches

Record fine for Tabcorp over gambling rule breaches

Tabcorp has been issued a multi-million dollar fine from Victoria's gambling watchdog following repeated breaches of betting harm and licence rules.

Pressure builds for gambling ad ban

Pressure builds for gambling ad ban

Pressure builds for gambling ad ban

Pressure builds for gambling ad ban

As Australians continue to lose more to gambling than any other country in the world, pressure is mounting on both sides of politics to reform the sector.

Gamblers limited to $50 daily losses on pokies

Gamblers limited to $50 daily losses on pokies

Gamblers limited to $50 daily losses on pokies

Gamblers limited to $50 daily losses on pokies

Victorian pokies players will only be able to go $50 into the red each day under a default loss limit agreed to as part of a statewide card system.

Gas giant Santos cops massive fine over record keeping

Gas giant Santos cops massive fine over record keeping

Gas giant Santos cops massive fine over record keeping

Gas giant Santos cops massive fine over record keeping

Santos has been fined $2.75 million for breaching the national gas rules on more than 4000 occasions over three years.

'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

Mortgage stress in Australia is at its highest level since the global financial crisis but many borrowers are finding it too hard to get help from their bank.

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

A Victorian electricity distributor has been fined more than $2 million for failing to maintain vegetation under its powerlines, sparking a bushfire.

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Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning

Streamers have pressed pause on Australian screen projects while they wait for the federal government to settle local content quotas, an inquiry has been told.

Four months on, evidence arrives in APY arts probe

Almost four months after it was asked to investigate the APY Arts Centre Collective, the watchdog for Aboriginal corporations has received some evidence.

Doctor suspended, clinic boss claims 'witch hunt'

The boss of a women's health clinic claims there's been a "witch hunt" after a doctor was suspended in the weeks following a mother's death.

Origin fined for breach of family violence care

Origin Energy failed to protect vulnerable customers after referring customers affected by family violence to debt collectors to recoup overdue fees.

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Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Telecommunications company Optus will reimburse thousands of current and former employees after underpaying them for six years.

Aust Post's $2.9m compo bill for lost, damaged parcels

More than 10,000 businesses will share in millions of dollars after Australia Post admitted to failing to accept compensation requests.

Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas has appeared before the Federal Court over the airline's decision to sell tickets for already cancelled flights.

AGL cops $800k in fines for 'best offer' errors

Energy giant AGL has paid nearly $800,000 in fines after failing to use a prescribed formula for its best offer check.

Crypto regulation proposal a 'critical milestone'

Australian cryptocurrency exchanges are mostly welcoming a proposal to subject them to the same licensing rules as traditional financial institutions.

Pokies giant to pay up for gambling control breaches

Serious breaches of gambling law have landed Australia's biggest pokies operator a six-figure fine in a verdict welcomed by gaming regulators.

Council wheels out tiny homes to tackle housing crisis

A council's move to soften restrictions on caravans and tiny houses could ease the housing crisis and offer fertile ground for new industry, an expert says.

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