Volkswagen Australia has no plans to recall any of its vehicles despite a growing number of reports of owners experiencing a loss of acceleration. A coronial investigation into the death of a Volkswagen Golf driver on Melbourne's Monash ...
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Aston Martin has recalled approximately 90 of its high-performance luxury sports cars in Australia after identifying a defect that can cause the vehicles’ accelerator pedals to snap. The recall relates to most of Aston Martin models ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose Ruralco's proposed acquisition of Elders Rural Services Limited. Ruralco and Elders each operate a national network of agri-product retail outlets, supplying a range of ...
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A total of 47 Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera 4 models have been recalled locally due to a fault with the cars' exhaust systems. According to the official recall notice published on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...
The release of the new ISO standards for Consumer Product Safety (ISO 10377) and Consumer Product Recall (ISO 10393) has been greeted with enthusiasm from the grocery sector. These two new ISO standards, developed in parallel and with the ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued its eighth report assessing cross-subsidy between the services provided by Australia Post. Australia Post has a statutory monopoly over the delivery of standard letters ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition by Virgin Australia Holdings Limited of 60% of Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd. Virgin Australia is the second ...
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Mercedes-Benz is recalling 242 cars in Australia over a potential fault with the vehicles’ fuel filter that could result in fire. Affecting 240 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class roadsters and two S-Class sedans built between April and July ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a final decision to authorise a national Tyre Stewardship Scheme for five years. The aim of the scheme is to reduce the amount of used tyres entering landfill, being illegally ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a decision allowing the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) to include the Southern Sydney Freight Line in its Interstate Access Undertaking. This means that negotiations ...
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Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), has recalled over 5500 vehicles in Australia, due to a problem in wiring. The recall affects 2459 units of the Subaru Impreza, 1455 units of XV and 1674 ...
Subaru Australia is recalling over 5500 vehicles due to a wiring issue that could cause vehicles to stall and not restart. Potentially affecting 2459 Subaru Impreza, 1455 XV and 1674 Forester models manufactured between January 20, 2012 ...
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Emirates Tim Clark and Qantas Alan Joyce at the signing of the agreement. Understandably, Qantas and Emirates airlines have welcomed the ACCC's conditional approval of their partnership, while the Transport Workers Union continues its ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it has granted authorization to Queensland coal producers Endocoal, Whitehaven Coal, Yancoal Australia, QC Resource Investments and Linc Energy to collectively ...
In the event of a product recall, relying on slow, inefficient and costly faxes, emails and phone calls to communicate timely and accurate information is a thing of the past. Following the recent success of GS1 Recallnet information ...
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