Hidden costs, manipulation, forced continuity: report reveals how Australian consumers are being duped online
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Australian consumers’ choices on websites and apps are being manipulated through online designs taking advantage of their weaknesses. That’s according to research on...
Why is lettuce so expensive? Costs have shot up, and won’t return to where they were
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Lettuce prices are skyrocketing. Twitter users are posting photos of iceberg lettuces for A$10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80.
It’s not new, and it’s...
Australia’s biggest carbon emitter buckles before Mike Cannon-Brookes – so what now for AGL’s other shareholders?
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Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a major battle against Australia’s biggest energy company, AGL Energy, thwarting its plan to split up the...
All new smaller size! Why getting less with shrinkflation is preferable to paying more
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Have you noticed your favourite chocolate is a little smaller, there are fewer biscuits in the same-sized package or bags of chips contain more air?
If you haven’t,...
Want to buy guilt-free Easter chocolate? Pick from our list of ‘good eggs’ that score best for the environment and child labour
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What do Beyond Good, Alter Eco, Tony’s Chocolonely and Whittaker’s all have in common? Besides producing delicious chocolate, they are the “good eggs” in this year’s chocolate scorecard.
Each is...
What has Morrison’s ‘big stick’ to cut power bills achieved? Nothing, as far we can tell
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The Morrison government has spent years bringing in a law supposed to ensure electricity retailers pass on lower prices to customers. Yet...
