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The competition regulator the ACCC will continue to closely monitor domestic airfares on services between metropolitan cities following Rex’s withdrawal from this market.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued its final decision to approve $1.722 billion expenditure by telco infrastructure wholesaler Chorus over the next four years (2025-2028) – but disallow $172.6 million that would have flowed through to price increases for consumers.

COMPANY NEWS:  Leading global ecommerce and marketplace accelerator Pattern, today announced the launch of ‘Pattern Creators’ to help Australian brands reach new audiences, build brand equity and create engaging user-generated style content  through ambassador-led marketing. Pattern Creators, is fuelled by its own proprietary software ‘Current’. The platform centralises all aspects of creator marketing, enabling brands to truly scale their ambassador programs, from recruitment and product seeding to content approvals, campaign management and revenue tracking.

The ACCC is investigating the safety of aftermarket children’s car seat head straps and baby bottle self-feeding devices, after the Assistant Treasurer issued Safety Warning Notices for each of the products.

The ACCC response to the latest draft of the Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code validates “long-held consumer concerns” about the suitability of self-regulation to protect telecommunications consumers, according to the peak body for consumer representation in communications.

Digital infrastructure solutions provider Telstra InfraCo has announced the launch of a Core Restoration feature which will provide a “new resiliency option” for customers with high-capacity wavelength services.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed eight charges under the Fair Trading Act against Two Degrees Mobile Limited for alleged misleading claims about their ‘free Aussie roaming’ for business mobile plans.

73% of Singaporeans are likely to switch to a service if it offers a passwordless authentication method

GUEST RESEARCH: Ping Identity, a leading provider of seamless and secure digital experiences, released its annual survey that evaluates consumer sentiment around engaging with brands online. The report surveyed 500 respondents in Singapore and found a need for easier and more secure capabilities that address concerns around identity theft and simplified access.

Payments technology and Open Banking company Waave has announced the introduction of the Waave Wallet to house its upgraded Pay by Bank product, a real-time account-to-account payment method which now features “industry-leading” biometric security access - a first for payment methods in Australia.

The ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Clorox Australia Pty Ltd, the manufacturer of GLAD-branded kitchen and garbage bags, for allegedly making false or misleading representations that certain kitchen and garbage bags were partly made of recycled ‘ocean plastic’, in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against One NZ - formerly Vodafone - for multiple breaches of the 111 Contact Code – some of which the Commission alleges are still ongoing.

The Federal Government’s announcement that it will move to strengthen Australia’s merger laws, bringing Australia into line with most other developed economies, will benefit Australian consumers and businesses of all sizes, as well as the wider economy, according to the head of the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

The trusted partnership will enhance illion’s technology capabilities and transform it from the private to public cloud

COMPANY NEWS: Interactive, a leading technology service provider, is building on its partnership with illion, a leading data and analytics company providing information and insights for businesses and consumers, to assist in the migration of their digital technology and security infrastructure to the public cloud.

Consumers are embracing Artificial Intelligence in the smartphone market, with preliminary data suggesting that successfully messaging and marketing ‘halo’ AI features in devices can help influence consumer behaviour, according to the latest Worldpanel ComTech study from marketing data and analytics company Kantar.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has asked Australian consumers to share information about how they shop and what they experience through an online survey published today as part of its supermarkets inquiry.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has issued a warning that it is aware that scammers have been calling people, falsely claiming to help them get a refund from various businesses.

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.

• As Aussies get ready for summer holiday travel, inflation and cost-of-living concerns drive 66% of vacationers to seek out bargain holiday deals
• 1 in 3 Australians have been scammed when booking, with a third (35%) of those losing $500-$1,000
• 61% of all adults worry more about digital safety than physical safety when on vacation

COMPANY NEWS: Today, McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, revealed Australia-specific findings from its new ‘Safer Summer Holidays’ Travel Report. The report surveyed 7,000 people across seven countries to discover how safe it is to plan and book travel online, and how cautious people are when interacting with digital tools while traveling abroad. The research reveals 29% of Aussies have fallen victim or know someone who has fallen victim to an online scam while trying to save money when booking travel. 35% of those who had money stolen have lost $500-$1,000 before their trip has even begun, while 59% lost up to $1,000.

Business trends change all the time since the environment is so competitive, and all entrepreneurs know that new strategies are constantly needed to guarantee that competitors can be kept in check.

COMPANY NEWS:  1 in 4 consumers say that they themselves or a friend or relative has been the victim of mobile app cyber attack