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Coles Faces Massive Penalties Over "Illusory" Discounts

Coles faces huge fines for misleading shoppers with fake "Down, Down" discounts. Find out how this affects Australian shoppers and what happens next.

#ColesFines, #ConsumerLaw, #FakeDiscounts, #AustralianShoppers, #ACCC

https://newsletter.tf/coles-fake-discounts-australia-fines/

NewsletterTF 3d ago

Coles may have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for its "Down, Down" discount campaign. This is a much larger amount than typical fines.

#ColesFines, #ConsumerLaw, #FakeDiscounts, #AustralianShoppers, #ACCC
https://newsletter.tf/coles-fake-discounts-australia-fines/

Coles Fined Millions for Fake Discounts in Australia

Coles faces huge fines for misleading shoppers with fake "Down, Down" discounts. Find out how this affects Australian shoppers and what happens next.

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AMonkeyInSilk 3d ago

Well knock me down down with a misleading discount label.

I truely believed the supermarket duopoly was going to get away with this pricing deception.

#accc #coles #woolworths #federalcourt #supermarket #supermarketduopoly #consumerlaw #deception

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

Matthew Rimmer 3d ago

Coles’ ‘Down Down’ discounts misled customers on industrial scale, court finds https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/watch-live-coles-learns-its-fate-in-fake-down-down-discounts-case-20260514-p5zwoi.html #ACCC #consumerlaw #food

Coles’ ‘Down Down’ discounts misled customers on industrial scale, court finds

Justice Michael O’Bryan found the discounts were based on previous prices that were offered for too short a period to be considered real in a landmark decision.

The Sydney Morning Herald

KProfsBlog 5d ago

Three new pieces for our Tuesday tips: Monika Leszczyńska, Think Twice Before You Sign, Samples, Ireland & Beelen, A Corpus of Digital Contracts, and Michael Pratt, Mapping Objective Theory of Contract Formation.

#law #scholarship #contracts #academia #ConsumerLaw

https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/05/tuesday-tips-new-on-ssrn-for-the-week-of-may-11th/

Matthew Rimmer May 6

Small Australian designers giving up on fighting fast-fashion giant Shein over design duplicates https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/australian-designs-continually-copied-by-shein/106592282 #fashion #fashionip #passingoff #consumerlaw #auspol #auslaw

Australian designers giving up on getting Shein copies removed

Small Australian fashion designers say it is too time-consuming to continue to ask Shein to take down copies of their designs.

Matthew Rimmer Apr 24

'For years, this supposedly famous Frenchman has been selling sculptures through Ms Murley’s former employer — an Australian gallery called Studio Gallery Group.

But there’s a problem: no-one has been able to find him; no-one has been able to verify that this character exists.' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/in-search-of-the-missing-artist-jean-paul-mangin/106593220 #auslaw #art #attribution #copyright #consumerlaw

The 'internationally acclaimed' French sculptor who is nowhere to be found

An Australian gallery has been selling sculptures as the work of an "internationally acclaimed" French artist. But the Paris backstory doesn’t stack up.

NewsletterTF Apr 22

Woolworths Faces Court Over Discount Campaign Claims

Woolworths is in Federal Court over ACCC claims it misled shoppers with discount campaigns. Learn what this means for shoppers and the supermarket.

#Woolworths, #ACCC, #ConsumerLaw, #SupermarketPrices, #CourtCase

https://newsletter.tf/woolworths-court-claims-misleading-discounts/

Woolworths Court Case: Supermarket Faces Claims of Misleading Discounts

Woolworths is in Federal Court over ACCC claims it misled shoppers with discount campaigns. Learn what this means for shoppers and the supermarket.

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NewsletterTF Apr 22

Woolworths is facing a court case for allegedly misleading shoppers about discounts. The ACCC says advertised prices were not always lower than original prices.

#Woolworths, #ACCC, #ConsumerLaw, #SupermarketPrices, #CourtCase
https://newsletter.tf/woolworths-court-claims-misleading-discounts/

Woolworths Court Case: Supermarket Faces Claims of Misleading Discounts

Woolworths is in Federal Court over ACCC claims it misled shoppers with discount campaigns. Learn what this means for shoppers and the supermarket.

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Matthew Rimmer Apr 22

Australia's Woodside wins dismissal of Greenpeace emissions lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/australias-woodside-wins-dismissal-greenpeace-emissions-lawsuit-2026-04-22/ #auslaw #greenwashing #consumerlaw #corporationslaw #ASICAct #auspol