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Even before COVID-19 forced us to learn to do many things within the confines of our homes, technology has long promised to change the way we work, study and live.

The Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-FTEB) is looking into the concerns raised by the advocacy group Malayang Konsyume

The supermarket inquiry looking into the practices of Coles and Woolworths released its findings, and hoo boy, they're not going to like this.

Australia's supermarket sector is one of the most concentrated in the world. A key recommendation from this inquiry is for the Australian government to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create divestiture powers specific to the supermarket sector, where a supermarket has been found to have misused their market power.

Investegate announcements from Recommended Cash Acquisition of Darktrace plc

 THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has expanded its Vape Law enforcement program, this time focusing on cracking down on substandard construction materials proliferating in the market. Assistant Secretary Amanda Marie F. Nograles told reporters during a briefing last week that the DTI’s Consumer Protection Group (CPG) expanded its…

The Australian Treasurer has announced the introduction of a mandatory suspensory merger control regime to come into effect on 1 January 2026. The reforms introduce significant...

Improving incomes for supermarket suppliers comes with a cost for consumers. But were already used to it in some areas.

Competition Minister Andrew Leigh argues the widespread use of non-compete clauses could limit Australias economic dynamism.

Former ACCC chair professor Fels had also recommended such a power earlier this year in his report to the Australian Council of Trade Unions.