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ACCC crack down on carbon tax rip-offs

Australia’s consumer watchdog has urged consumers to report businesses that use the minority federal Labor government’s carbon price laws, which come into effect on Sunday,

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ACCC says carbon price impact to be ‘gradual’

Australia’s competition watchdog has told businesses not to increase prices in response to the federal Labor government’s carbon price legislation just because there’s a lot

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ACCC sets sights on carbon price gouging

Australia’s competition watchdog says it has already come across businesses using the imminent introduction of the carbon price legislation to gouge consumers Australian Competition and

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Motorist lobby wants petrol price gouging crackdown

Australia’s peak motorists’ lobby group has called for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to crack down on petrol price gouging by supermarkets and