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Noni B owner to cop $25M penalty for delivery time promises
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-28 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Noni B owner Mosaic Brands has been hit with a $25 million penalty for breaching consumer laws by failing to delivery 740,000 packages within the time frame specified on its website.

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Coles, Woolworths class actions ‘put to sleep’ until ACCC trial
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-25 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge will hit pause on two class actions against Coles and Woolworths over allegedly illusory discounts after hearing a bid to bind group members to the findings in related proceedings by the ACCC. 

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Reject Shop class action appeals after judge bars retroactive amendments
Employment 2025-08-19 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicant in an employment class action against The Reject Shop is appealing a court decision that found it could amend the case and redefine the group members but not retroactively.

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Rent-to-own business cops $7.4M penalty for breaches of Credit Act
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-12 11:42 pm By Andy Sidler

A rental company providing long-term leases for household items has been slugged with a $7.4 million penalty after a court found its loan agreements did not comply with credit laws. 

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Judge ‘troubled’ about binding Coles, Woolworths class actions to ACCC trial findings
Class Actions 2025-08-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts has raised concerns about a bid to bind group members to findings in similar cases by the ACCC. 

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Kmart faces action over Uyghur forced labour claims
Retail 2025-08-05 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Kmart is facing legal action to determine whether the retail giant has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct over alleged forced labour of members of a Chinese ethnic minority group.

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Reject Shop defeats bid to retroactively redraw class action, in fight worth tens of millions
Employment 2025-08-01 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

An employment class action against The Reject Shop can redefine group members and amend its claims, but not with retroactive effect that may have exposed the retailer to a case worth tens of millions of dollars.

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Super Retail Group faces underpayments class action probe
Class Actions 2025-07-30 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group is facing a possible class action for allegedly underpaying staff at its stores since 2019.

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Reject Shop says it shouldn’t be on hook for class action’s ‘basic legal error’
Class Actions 2025-07-25 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The Reject Shop is fighting a class action’s bid to reconstitute an “empty” class in an underpayments case, saying it shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions in claims because of a “basic legal error” by the applicant’s lawyers.

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Werribee shopping centre wants AIG, others added to $356M suit against Probuild
Construction 2025-07-25 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria are seeking to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG and several excess insurers to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

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