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Hidden costs, manipulation, forced continuity: report reveals how Australian consumers are being duped online
Image: ShutterstockAustralian consumers’ choices on websites and apps are being manipulated through online designs taking advantage of their weaknesses. That’s according to research on...
BUSINESS/FINANCE
Know These Components of KYC
Knowing who your customer is can help you enact protocols to deter financial crimes in financial institutions. KYC, short for “Know Your Client” or...
BUSINESS/FINANCE
Third year of declining phone and internet complaints but problems persist for small businesses
Complaints about phone and internet services decreased 6.1 per cent in the last financial year ending 30 June 2021. During this period, residential consumers...
CONSUMER ISSUES
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has the power to stop misleading advertising. So why can’t it stop Craig Kelly’s texts?
Picture: AAP/Mick TsikasEarlier this month, many Australians received a text message prompting them to visit the “Australian Government’s COVID-19 Vaccines Adverse Events Report.”It...
CONSUMER ISSUES
Only a small fraction of buildings with flammable cladding have been fixed, and owners are feeling the strain
Picture: MFBAustralia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding. In Victoria alone, at least 71 of these buildings have been classified as “extreme risk” and another 368...
CONSUMER ISSUES
Can I have a pet and be housed, too? It all depends…
Darren Fisher, Author providedBarriers to housing for people with pets around Australia are the focus of newly released national research by an interdisciplinary team. Why? Because laws...
CONSUMER ISSUES
Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in the foot
Picture: Michael Reynolds / AAPFacebook on Thursday made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content. The ban includes blocking...
CONSUMER ISSUES
Why is it so difficult to stamp out seafood slavery? There is little justice, even in court
Image: ShuttlestockEach year, thousands of men and boys labour under extremely exploitative conditions on commercial fishing vessels owned by Taiwanese, Chinese and South Korean...
CONSUMER ISSUES
Renters in Victoria soon won’t have to deal with dodgy heaters and insulation. Now other states must get energy-efficient
Shuttlestock
Renters will no longer have to contend with poorly insulated homes and Victoria will move closer towards 7-star home efficiency standards under a...
CONSUMER ISSUES
83% of Australians want tougher privacy laws. Now’s your chance to tell the government what you want
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Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter has called for submissions to the long-awaited review of the federal Privacy Act 1988.This is the first wide-ranging review of...
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