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CANBERRA: Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined A$50 million (US$39 million) on Thursday (May 13) for unconscionable ...
The fine ordered by a Federal Court judge is the second-largest ever imposed under Australian consumer law Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined $39 million on Thursday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote indigenous customers mobile phone contracts that they did not understand and could not afford. The fine ordered by a Federal Court judge is the second-largest ever imposed under Australian consumer law. Telstra admitted the offenses in signing up 108 indigenous customers, some of whom spoke English as a second or third language, to mobile phone accounts. ...
May 14, 2021 CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (AP) — Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined USD39 million yesterday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote indigenous customers mobile phone contracts that they did not understand and could not afford. The fine ordered by a Federal Court judge is the second largest ever imposed under Australian consumer law. Telstra admitted the offences in signing up 108 Indigenous customers, some of whom spoke English as a second or third language, to mobile phone accounts. Staff sometimes manipulated credit assessments to say unemployed...
East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens This collection of beautiful gardens created by Alan Gray and Graham Robeson covers a vast range, from deserts to Mediterranean, from veg garden to glasshouse and most horticultural points in between. Elsing Hall, Dereham Something of a hidden treasure, Elsing Hall's moated manor house was built around 1470 by the Hastings family. Set in a small park, old English roses are a notable, and highly aromatic, feature of the gardens. elsinghall.com / 01362 637 866 Fairhaven Woodland & Water Garden This is a huge sprawl of 130 acres of wild, cultivated and natur...
Then on Wednesday the regional transport committee deliberated on submissions to the Regional Land Transport Plan – a total of 45 written submissions were made on the 10-year transport plan – and Nelson Tasman Regional Public Transport Plan which had a total of 144 submissions. The committee approved an amended transport plan to go to full council for submission to Waka Kotahi, however the public feedback on the public transport plan called for more significant changes than time allowed, so the committee recommended for the council to consider those changes as part of its Long Term Pla...