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Subscription traps outlawed in unfair trading clampdown

Unfair trading practices, drip pricing and subscription traps will be banned in Australia within a year after Parliament passed landmark amendments to consumer law on Thursday and resisted tech...

Tech sector balks at unfair trading practice bill

9 June 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

An alliance of consumer groups and the regulator on Tuesday urged the Parliament to pass new laws to make unfair trading practices and certain dark patterns illegal, after business...

Govt urged to act as Australia slips behind on dark patterns

15 May 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australians are still losing time, money and data to deceptive online design practices nearly three years on from the regulator’s warning about the behaviour, with one expert finding the...

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Subscription traps outlawed in unfair trading clampdown

Tech sector balks at unfair trading practice bill

Govt urged to act as Australia slips behind on dark patterns

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