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• American Council of Christian Churches 2009 Resolutions, Part 1

  
  SharperIron — Authority: 466
  Resolution on the Convention Theme—Taking Heed Resolution 09-01 From its founding in 1941, the American Council of Christian Churches has dedicated itself to defending the fundamental truths of Gospel doctrine against Satanic attack and to promoting those truths in a world marked increasingly by apathy and ...
  12 hours ago

• Australian Code Changes Will Expose Franchise Frauds

  
  Daily news and community for franchisees and small business investors | Blue MauMau — Authority: 124
  The changes to Australias Franchising Code of Conduct announced on November 5 by Federal Small Business Minister should send shivers down the spines of some participants in the franchise sector.
  2 days ago

• Australia warns of unauthorised World Cup tickets

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 155
  At least one unauthorised website is touting tickets to next year’s football World Cup in South Africa, Australia’s consumer watchdog said as it warned of potential fraud in online ticketing. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said an international review of thousands of websites, including ...
  4 days ago

• New Canberra superhero mascot – UNITMAN

  
  The RiotACT — Authority: 147
  The ACCC has launched a new caped superhero mascot UNITMAN in order to help us figure out how to do our shopping at the supermarket. This caped calculator will let everyone know if its cheaper to buy the 55g chocolate for $1.40 or the 65g chocolate for $1.45 by letting us know how much [...]
  1 week ago

• ACCC queries ACT supermarket policy

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 512
  New legislation likely to be introduced in the ACT, that will render Coles, Woolworths and IGA ineligible to apply for certain sites, has been questioned by the competition watchdog.The changes to planning laws are designed to improve competition but Graeme Samuel, Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer ...
  1 week ago

• ACCC launches Unit Man to help consumers understand unit pricing

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 512
  A caped calculator character called Unit Man will soon be seen in supermarkets and grocery catalogues across Australia in an endeavour to assist consumers better understand unit pricing - which was brought into law earlier this year.Unit pricing is a labelling system that shows prices per standard unit of measurement ...
  1 week ago

• ACCC Effect on Mortgage Market Share

  
  Lending Central — Authority: 138
  The ACCC appears to have overestimated the strength of Australian mortgage competition when announcing last year that it would not oppose the Westpac / St George and Commonwealth Bank / Bankwest mergers.The ACCC’s Public Competition Assessment in August 2008 calculated the merged Westpac / St George entity would at ...
  1 week ago

• ACCC Effect on Mortgage Market Share | Lending Central | Your …

  
  Mortgage online — Authority: 158
  The ACCC appears to have overestimated the strength of Australian mortgage competition when announcing last year that it would not oppose the Westpac / St.
  1 week ago

• Conroy threatens further telecommunications reform

  
  TECHGEEK.com.au — Authority: 129
  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has threatened the telecommunications industry with a plan to add additional reforms to the Telecommunications Act after an report by the industry’s ombudsman said that there was a massive spike in complaints from customers. The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has ...
  2 weeks ago

• ACCC Proceeds Against Refund Home Loans

  
  Daily news and community for franchisees and small business investors | Blue MauMau — Authority: 124
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking action against Refund Home Loans claiming the franchisor mislead franchisees regarding a ‘special’ relationship with the ACCC.
  2 weeks ago

• ACCC institutes proceedings against Refund Home Loans and Wayne Ormond

  
  Lending Central — Authority: 138
  The ACCC has commenced proceedings against Refund Home Loans and its founder and Managing Director, Wayne Ormond.It’s been alleged that Refund Home Loans and Wayne Ormond have made false and misleading representations that are in breach of the Trade Practices Act.  The statements were regarding having a special ...
  3 weeks ago

• Coles Discount Petrol Campaign Pulled After ACCC Concerns Raised

  
  The Motor Report: Auto News And Reviews — Authority: 513
  FOLLOWING CONCERNS raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Coles has cancelled a new 40 cent discount petrol offer it had planned to launch today.Similar to campaigns run by Coles and Woolworths/Safeway in July, the discounts on offer would have varied from 10 cents for a $100 spend at ...
  3 weeks ago

• ACCC concerned by supermarket promotion

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 512
  Coles has withdrawn a petrol price promotion at the request of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The supermarket chain was to reward heavy spenders at their supermarkets with a substantial discount at the bowser in a move similar to a recent successful promotion, but cancelled the deal after the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Consumers push to penalise tardy telcos

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  If you have ever stayed home all day to wait for that telephone repair technician who never turned up, you may have wanted some redress. Now a new consumer advocacy group has called on the Federal Government to make telcos pay automatic compensation payments to consumers when workers are late or fail to show up. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Boat blast survivors get refugee status

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  Asylum seekers who survived a boat explosion off Ashmore Reef earlier this year will be granted refugee status in Australia. The 42 Afghan men will be released into the community this week but it is believed the Federal Government will deport any of them who are subsequently convicted of serious charges over the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tander and Davison tame Mount Panorama

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  Holdens Garth Tander and Will Davison have won the Bathurst 1000, ending Fords three-year winning streak at Mount Panorama. The lead changed throughout the day, but in true Bathurst fashion it all came down to the final lap and it was the Holden Racing Team duo of Tander and Davison who crossed the finish line in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Digger wounded in Afghan gun battle

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  An Australian soldier has been wounded in a battle with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. The soldier was wounded while on an operation with other Australian soldiers and members of the Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan yesterday. The Defence Force says the soldier is being treated at a medical ...
  4 weeks ago

• Beazley flags new approach to US ties

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  The new ambassador to Washington is indicating that Australias relationship with the United States is set to change. Kim Beazley says he always questioned the former government over its approach as Australia became the ally the Americans wanted but not the one they needed. The former Labor leader has told the ABCs ...
  4 weeks ago

• Returned rescue worker describes Samoa hell

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  A Queensland search and rescue expert says the destruction caused by the tsunami in Samoa is the worst he has seen. Ten urban search and rescue professionals from Queensland were sent to Samoa within hours of last weeks tsunami to provide support to local emergency crews. They returned home to Brisbane this ...
  4 weeks ago

• Turnbull hits back at critics

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at his internal critics at a Liberal Party conference in Perth, arguing the party would have no credibility if it did not negotiate with the Government on its emissions trading scheme (ETS). West Australian Liberals have been among the harshest critics of Mr ...
  4 weeks ago

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