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Pexa is the dominant provider of e-conveyancing services to lawyers, banks and others. The government has been hoping to bring more competition into the sector.

House sellers are being ripped off – and the ACCC is onto it

The consumer watchdog has begun sniffing around REA’s property listings prices.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Competition is toughening, but will it be enough for Qantas to lift its game?

Big shake-ups in aviation are hard to see coming. But the demand for better customer service and more robust competition is not going away.

  • Chris Zappone
Tony Sidebottom of the the Book Depot, which does not add card surcharges.

Tap and no? The card surcharges that look set for the chop

Retailers warn prices will need to rise if the Albanese government bans ubiquitous debit card surcharges next year.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
The ACCC has found that Coles and Woolworths are some of the world’s most profitable supermarkets.

Supermarkets may not be price gouging, but don’t discount the need for a stick

The competition watchdog has stopped short of calling them out for excessive prices. Here’s why we still need to keep the pressure on.

  • Millie Muroi
Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash (IGA) are under pressure to lower grocery prices by the government.

There’s no proof big supermarkets are price gouging, but Labor will ban it anyway

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

  • Millie Muroi and James Massola
The ACCC found the price of food, including cheese, milk and eggs, had increased far more than wages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Checkout pain: Australia’s supermarkets among most profitable in the world

Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.

  • Shane Wright, Jessica Yun and Millie Muroi
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Supermarkets are waiting for the ACCC pricing inquiry to land

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Woolies and Coles will lose even if profits rise

Any hint that supermarket prices have gone up faster than the prices they paid to their suppliers will be seized upon as a treacherous betrayal of customers.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Bare shelves in a Melbourne Woolworths in late November.

Woolworths to slash jobs, product ranges in $400m cost-saving drive

The nation’s biggest supermarket chain has suffered a $190 million earnings slump in the latest half after a two-week strike stripped shelves late last year.

  • Jessica Yun
Surcharges are increasingly being added for card payments – but Australia’s biggest bank wants them scrapped.

Qantas, Virgin warn of higher prices if card surcharges banned

The airline duopoly has defended card surcharges, saying they give customers choice and keep prices low.

  • Millie Muroi

This sneaky tactic almost cost me $400. It’s time we do something about it

The digital age offers us many conveniences, but it’s also opened the door to new types of exploitation.

  • Noel Whittaker

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/australian-competition-and-consumer-commission-jl6