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The Australian Federal court has approved a payment plan for Garuda Indonesia after ordering the airline to pay a 19 million Australian dollar ($14.7 million) penalty in relation to a prior price-fixing case after the Indonesian flag carrier dropped its appeal against the initial penalty levied a couple of years ago. Between the years of […]

Date Time Garuda drops appeal, to pay $19m price fixing penalty in instalments The Federal Court has approved a payment plan for airline PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd (Garuda) to pay a $19 million penalty the Court previously ordered relating to a long-running ACCC action against a global price fixing cartel in the air cargo industry. In May 2019, the Federal Court ordered Garuda to pay the penalty for colluding with other global airlines on fees and surcharges for air freight services for a wide ran...

CMOpinion: consumer reform turns 10 – a story about “long johns” In her regular Mumbrella column, 8-Star Energy CMO Diana Di Cecco reminisces about interesting cases, marketing learnings, and how it traces back to itchy undergarments. April 15, 2021 9:47 by DIANA DI CECCO Earlier this year, the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) turned ten. Traditionally, a ten-year anniversary is marked with tin to represent durability and flexibility; features the CCA’s reform provided via sign...

Date Time $900 million in electricity bill savings available to households Electricity prices have fallen almost 9 per cent since the middle of last year and there is $900 million in potential savings for households in eastern and southern states, new figures released today by the ACCC show. Retail electricity offers now available to households in New South Wales, Victoria, South East Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory are, on average, 8.8 per cent lower than they ...

Epic antitrust case versus Apple in Australia gets three-month stay A judge temporarily suspended the case in Australia as the US trial is set to begin in May Share this story Image by Epic Games An Australian judge has ruled that Epic’s lawsuit against Apple in Australia will be temporarily suspended as the two sides prepare for a trial in the US, Gizmodo Australia reported. Apple had asked for a permanent stay of the case in Australia, arguing that the US and Australia cases were very sim...

Date Time Domestic airlines look for growth opportunities amid continuing challenges Australia’s domestic airlines are gradually recovering from historically low passenger numbers, but snap border closures continue to create challenges for the industry. The ACCC’s third Airline Competition in Australia report, released today, shows total passenger numbers for December 2020 were 41 per cent of pre-COVID numbers, up from the 13 per cent of pre-pandemic levels reported in September 2020. The g...

MANILA, Mar. 13 -- The Department of Trade and Industry – Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) and the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (DA-BAFS) convened to discuss the current status of standards development via Zoom Video Conferencing on 01 February 2021. The DTI-BPS, as the National Standards Body of the Philippines, is mandated by virtue of RA 7394 to develop, promulgate, and coordinate standardization activities in the Philippines. Meanwhil...

The ACCC has authorised the Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation Limited (QDO) to give effect to its proposed 'Fair Go Dairy' licensing scheme for five...

Epic Games extends app store battle to Google in Australia The Fortnite-maker alleges that Google has abused its control over the Android OS by restricting competition in payment processing and app distribution on the Google Play Store. March 10, 2021 -- 04:19 GMT (20:19 PST) | Topic: Legal Epic Games has filed a legal claim against Google, alleging the search giant has breached Australian Consumer Law and secti...

Fortnite creator Epic Games on Wednesday said that it has filed a legal claim against Google with the Federal Court of Australia, continuing what it calls "pursuit for fairer digital platforms globally".Epic has already filed a claim ...