Many younger Australians and lower income households are spending up to one-quarter of their net income on groceries, according to the ACCC.
A consumer survey which is part of the ACCC’s Supermarkets Inquiry...
The Australian government has announced that it will direct the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into Australia’s supermarket sector.
The year-long inquiry will examine the pricing practices of the supermarkets, along with the...
International factors contributed to higher petrol prices in the September quarter, according to the ACCC’s latest quarterly petrol monitoring report.
This included higher international refined fuel prices driven by OPEC oil production cuts and...
Lactalis Australia has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $950,000 in penalties for contravening the Dairy Code of Conduct.
The Dairy Code, which came into effect on 1 January 2020, is...
For the first time in almost two years, average retail petrol prices in Australia’s five largest cities fell in the latest quarter, dropping by 10.3 cents per litre (cpl) from the June...
Brownes Food Operations Pty Ltd (Brownes Dairy) allegedly failed to comply with the Dairy Code of Conduct in 2020.
With this, they have paid penalties totalling $22,200 after the ACCC issued it with...
The ACCC is not only closely monitoring the introduction of the new mandatory dairy code of conduct, but is ready to take enforcement action where appropriate.
Part of the dairy code requires processors...
