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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

October 2026

  • A cracked egg shell revealing orange yolk sits among whole eggs in a carton.

    Egg ‘cartel’ of a dozen suppliers manipulated Australian market for years, regulator alleges

    Sunny Queen, country’s largest egg supplier, denies ACCC allegations that it coordinated production and distribution with 11 other companies

September 2026

  • The Realestate.com app in Melbourne, Tuesday. Nov. 8, 2016. REA Group, the company behind realestate.com.au, has lifted full-year profit 20 per cent to $253.3 million. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

    News Corp’s realestate.com.au to stop forcing agents to list all properties with it after ACCC action

    Real estate listing giant will remove restrictive provisions in its contracts as part of an enforceable undertaking with the consumer watchdog

August 2026

  • Person using mobile phone

    eHarmony deceived Australian customers with ‘subscription traps’ that cost hundreds of dollars, court finds

  • Elle Chrisp

    Elle’s twins played with asbestos-contaminated coloured sand for a year. Why wasn’t she warned of its danger?

July 2026

  • Educational Colours sand products

    Parents were told asbestos in play sand was low risk unless ‘pulverised’. But regulators hadn’t tested it

    Exclusive: Some ACCC recall notices updated after testing finds 90% of samples release asbestos fibres, contrary to previous claims

June 2026

  • The products Choice bought from online marketplaces included prop cigarettes and lighters shaped like children's toys

    Fake cigarettes and toys that are ‘essentially weapons’: Choice refers online retailers to regulator over unsafe products

    Consumer group makes ‘super’ complaint to ACCC after investigation found dangerous items on platforms including eBay, Amazon and AliExpress

May 2026

  • A dirty toy figurine with brown hair stands in mud and debris

    Australian customer service
    My Tough Mudder event was cancelled but they won’t refund my tickets. What are my rights?

  • Episodic artwork Full story coles

    Full Story
    Coles caught red-handed, so what next? – Full Story podcast

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    First Dog on the Moon
    Coles has been busted for ‘misleading’ shoppers about their already annoying Down Down prices

  • A big red sign of a hand pointing down advertising the Down Down discouts

    Court rules Coles misled shoppers with its ‘Down Down’ discount campaign

April 2026

  • The consumer watchdog’s landmark trial against Australian supermarket Woolworths entered its second week of hearings in the federal court on Tuesday

    Woolworths broke its own rules intended to prevent price manipulation, court hears

  • A person walks past a Woolworths supermarket

    Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ rules intended to prevent ‘gaming’ the promotional system, executive tells court

March 2026

  • ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb

    More than 500 reports of possible petrol price-gouging made to ACCC since start of Iran war

    Fuel retailers put on notice as watchdog promises to come down hard on those doing the wrong thing
  • Fuel prices at a petrol station in Canberra.

    Australia’s major fuel suppliers being investigated over alleged price-gouging amid Iran war

    Anthony Albanese also announces new national fuel supply taskforce and reiterates call for motorists to ‘only take what you need’
  • A motorist fills a car with fuel at a petrol station in Sydney.

    Chris Bowen urges motorists not to panic-buy petrol as oil prices jump amid Iran conflict

    Energy minister says ‘there is no need to rush to the service station and fill up’ as treasurer urges consumer watchdog to monitor for price gouging

February 2026

  • Coles supermarket Sydney

    Has Coles been caught with its pants ‘Down Down’ over its prices promotion?

  • A person walks holding a Woolworths shopping bag

    Woolworths reports 16% jump in profits as ACCC prepares legal action over ‘illusory’ discounts

  • A person walks past a Woolworths supermarket

    Consumer watchdog concerned by rise of per-item prices at Australian supermarkets

  • Coles shopfront

    Coles offered ‘utterly misleading’ discounts, consumer watchdog argues in federal court case

January 2026

  • A Bunnings warehouse store sign being painted by man

    Bunnings accused of ‘greenwashing’ timber amid concerns about supplier’s illegal logging

    The Wilderness Society lodges complaint with consumer watchdog over hardware and garden chain’s sale of timber sourced from NSW Forestry Corporation
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