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Australia's consumer watchdog the ACCC says it has concerns that Expedia's planned takeover of travel company Wotif.com could hinder competition in the market. It may block the deal

Australia's consumer and competition watchdog is again taking on the online group buying sector, this time alleging Spreets misled consumers.

Australia's biggest telco Telstra’s pledge to support the migration of customers onto the NBN has been given the green light by Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Aussies are being taken to the cleaners when it comes to sending text messages, according to Australia's peak communications consumer body ACCAN.

Tech giant Apple has been lying to consumers about its obligation to replace or repair faulty computers, iPhones, iPads and iPods, and has now agreed to offer a  24-month warranty on all its products in Australia for the first time, rather than the more limited 12-month warranty it was applying globally.

The ACCC has continued its pursuit of dodgy door-to-door sales practices, this time taking Origin Energy to court.

Australia's consumer watchdog has launched Federal Court action against Australian Power and Gas (APG) over its door-to-door sales practices.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is back in court, this time taking on online coupon giant Scoopon.

Peak telecommunications consumer body ACCAN has called on the ACCC to take action on mobile games that advertise as free but aggressively encourage or require in-app purchases to keep playing.

The Republic of Mauritius has joined the growing list of countries implementing national Internet filtering systems, but for a limited list of child sexual abuse sites.

Watchdog Corporation Ltd, the leading provider of managed internet services to New Zealand schools, has recently installed Optenet's Solutions for Telco (OST) system within its network to enhance its managed Internet service offering.