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Honda Australia has paid a penalty of $18,780 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with an infringement notice for an alleged breach of Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme (MVIS scheme) information sharing requirements.

The National Anti-Scam Centre is urging Australians who have had money stolen by scammers to be wary of offers to recover their money for an upfront fee.

LG Energy Solution has provided an enforceable undertaking to the competition watchdog, the ACCC, that it will increase its efforts to alert and protect consumers from faulty LG solar storage batteries which can overheat and catch fire without warning.

The Federal Court has ordered Mazda Australia Pty Ltd to pay $11.5 million in penalties for engaging in “misleading and deceptive conduct and making false or misleading representations” to nine consumers about their consumer guarantee rights.

Australians are being warned to be alert this holiday season to scammers sending text messages and emails impersonating Australia Post and other well-known courier services.

Car parts suppliers and retailers Repco, Supercheap Auto and Innovative Mechatronics Group (IMG), an automotive electrical parts supplier, have each paid penalties after the competition watchdog ACCC issued them with infringement notices for supplying aftermarket car key remotes that allegedly breached warning requirements for products powered by button batteries.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has welcomed the Australian Government’s in-principle agreement to new competition and consumer laws recommended by the ACCC to address harms caused by digital platforms, and the potential benefits to consumers and small businesses from the regulatory changes.

Consumers are being warned to watch out for scam websites impersonating high-profile Australian retailers when shopping online this Black Friday, Cyber Monday sale weekend on 24 to 27 November.

A new scam targeting customers of loyalty points programs with large, well-known Australian companies has been detected by the National Anti-Scam Centre.

The National Anti-Scam Centre held its inaugural Advistory Board meeting this week marking what it says is the commencement of greater cross-sector collaboration in the fight against scammers.

Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog the ACCC says it is allocating $58 million in new funding to the fight against scammers and to build the technology needed to support high frequency data sharing with a range of agencies, law enforcement and the private sector,

Retailers The Reject Shop and Dusk have paid a total of nearly $240,000 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued them with infringement notices related to the supply of Halloween novelty products containing potentially lethal button batteries.

Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, as government, law enforcement and the private sector  look to improve collaborative efforts to support the community in the fight against scams, according to the latest Targeting Scams reportt from the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, says more than 15,000 potentially unsafe products were delisted by online marketplaces signed up to its Australian Product Safety Pledge last financial year, with 98 per cent of regulator-initiated take down requests actioned within 2 days.