A report by former antitrust chief Allan Fels highlights price gouging by Australian supermarkets, banks, airlines, and energy providers. Qantas Airways is accused of exploiting its dominance to charge excessive airfares. The government is urged to intervene to stop unfair pricing practices. The report also points to rising costs from suppliers and wages as reasons for supermarket price increases. The Federal Government is considering new rules to hold banks and telcos responsible for protecting customers from scammers and compensating victims. The cost of vehicles has skyrocketed, adding to cost-of-living pressures. The Albanese government plans to crack down on foreign ownership to address the worsening housing crisis affecting Australians. Additionally, a bipartisan group of California lawmakers is pushing for a statewide homeless encampment ban, while a bill in Hawaii aims to ban foreigners from purchasing land amid the housing and homelessness crisis in the state. The missing info from the headline is 'Qantas Airways' and 'excessive airfares'.
Anthony Albanese is under scrutiny over property investments, as revelations surface about his $115,000-a-year rental income. https://t.co/dTeQCAXTXP
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has upped his attack on the Albanese government, accusing them of a “failure to be a full and robust partner”. > https://t.co/Pbd1sKDfYE https://t.co/pLVl5dlbnV
Sky News host Chris Kenny questions why the ABC would fire fill-in host Antoinette Lattouf while applying “different standards” to journalists like Louise Milligan. https://t.co/s2TCgqQ910
Anthony Albanese is under scrutiny over property investments, as revelations surface about his $115,000-a-year rental income. > https://t.co/HHDSaiyl5K https://t.co/4k0CNFWcGf
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has hit out at his federal Labor colleagues, accusing the Albanese government of violating a healthcare funding agreement and describing the Health Minister's recent comments as "uninformed" and "gratuitous". https://t.co/x9rDhWhFUF
Sky News host Chris Kenny has praised Opposition leader Peter Dutton for calling out the ABC’s “bias” during an interview on the public broadcaster’s 7.30 program. https://t.co/EG63Yo2agJ
Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather has taken aim at Anthony Albanese's extensive investment property portfolio as he accused the Prime Minister of vehemently "fighting to protect" negative gearing and other housing tax concessions. https://t.co/avffuhGApe
Sky News host Chris Kenny hits out at the Greens for “railing” against capitalism while multiple members profit from investment properties. https://t.co/LDCnXvxUYM
A new bill in Springfield would ban single-family only zoning across most cities in Illinois, following similar measures that have passed in Oregon, California and Washington state. https://t.co/IgVoqSppPa
It revealed banks, energy companies, airlines and supermarkets exploited a lack of competition to amass bigger profits in a variety of ways. #9News https://t.co/fX6EF8I190
California lawmakers push new bill to ban encampments on sidewalks, near schools https://t.co/HeR5FRDkh4
Read about SB 1011 a new bill that aims to criminalize homelessness across California in the absence of adequate shelter and affordable housing: https://t.co/seK6NbF502 https://t.co/RBDUmPXJcx
Millions of Australians face ever-increasing monthly and yearly bills and, increasingly, they are related to services many deem necessary. https://t.co/UcxCqQCdql
The Albanese government has been accused of “reneging” on a national cabinet deal in a move that would rip more than $2bn in health funding from the states and territories > https://t.co/W1BP7f3u9A https://t.co/bVBaZtSq2i
A new bill in Hawaii aims to ban foreigners from purchasing land in Hawaii amid the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis in the state. https://t.co/vUJtN2hZy7
Lawmakers have introduced a bill to criminalize homelessness in CA, a state which deeply lacks shelter & affordable housing. When shelter is illusory, the bill is an excuse to criminalize unhoused individuals who have nowhere else to go. https://t.co/seK6NbF502
Qantas not only has engaged in price gouging but has been protected by government policy, a scathing report by Professor Allan Fels says. https://t.co/nlfWcIJMmN
A bipartisan bill on banning homeless encampments near schools? Am I dreaming? Democrats are beginning to see the light on the homeless crisis. Yes, build housing. No, you can't pitch a tent in front of a school and smoke meth all day. Simple. https://t.co/MpPXcrZMmn
The bill would prohibit encampments near schools, parks and transit stops. https://t.co/ZQChFh4iDm
19 California lawmakers want a statewide ban on homeless encampments with bipartisan support #homelessness #criminalization https://t.co/orvicnEexS
Sky News host Chris Kenny says people are witnessing the “gradual death of cash” after Federal MP Bob Katter was denied the ability to pay cash when buying lunch in Parliament House. https://t.co/xn1UtT2EZD
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton labelling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as the “liar from the lodge” is a “brutally effective slogan”, Sky News host Sharri Markson says. https://t.co/vCdlGaCpxf
Australians are being ripped off by banks, supermarkets, energy providers and airlines, all accused of exploiting their market power to push for bigger profits. https://t.co/b3nAU1J7dw @ChrisReason7 #7NEWS https://t.co/eMIcM0uXGI
Sky News host Chris Kenny has slammed a Mardi Gras float that will “focus” on Palestinian flags. https://t.co/8BXZx63gES
Australians are now losing billions of dollars to scammers each year. The Federal Government is considering new rules that would place extra responsibility on banks and telcos to protect customers - and could even force them to pay compensation. https://t.co/l4KrPrrhy0 #7NEWS https://t.co/Oh1wGHO5Eu
ANALYSIS: The cost of new and second hand vehicles has sky-rocketed, adding to cost-of-living pressures already being experienced by most Australians. This is the reason, writes Vinh Thai. https://t.co/Y6hjPyr0HX
Sky News host Chris Kenny has slammed pro-Palestine lefties taking over Mardi Gras as one organisation rails against Israel’s incursion in Gaza. https://t.co/o21zS7dBjq
The former chair of the ACCC takes aim at electricity providers, banks, airlines, supermarkets, and other big businesses in his new report on price gouging and unfair pricing practices. https://t.co/JPPiwG3aOV
The Albanese government is set to crack down on foreign ownership by increasing fees on foreign nationals who are buying homes amid a worsening housing crisis affecting Australians. https://t.co/1yCRllsUtA
Sky News host Chris Kenny breaks down the “argy-bargy” in parliament on Wednesday over Labor’s broken promise on the stage three tax cuts. https://t.co/RtT0HzJPnj
Coles points to rising wages and energy costs as well as increased prices from its suppliers as some of the reasons for painful increases to supermarket prices, as it offers its defence to a federal inquiry into the issue. https://t.co/JmQwbXSZJX
Bipartisan group of California lawmakers want a statewide homeless encampment ban | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/t8KTqGvwQ4
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit out at the Coalition saying they “change their position every day”. https://t.co/l8mNLWC4Is
Australians are being overcharged for everything from energy to groceries, childcare and airfares and the government must step in to stop unlawful pricing practices, former consumer watchdog head Allan Fels has concluded. https://t.co/Y5I17tMb3N
Qantas Airways exploits its dominance of the Australian air-travel market to charge passengers excessively high fares, according to an inquiry into unfair pricing by the country’s former antitrust chief https://t.co/pksJrU8RZJ
The former chair of the ACCC takes aim at electricity providers, banks, airlines, supermarkets, and other big businesses in his new report on price gouging and unfair pricing practices. #abc730 https://t.co/uUTI72CFfD
Lack of competition allows supermarkets, banks and airlines to gouge Australians, report finds https://t.co/oqJ7Ho9o6c