Business and Industry Regulation

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin was highly regarded as a corporate warrior after surviving last year's cyber attack fallout, but her fate at Optus was decided earlier than Monday morning's announcement, writes Peter Ryan.

Builders who don't follow the rules will be "chased out of town", the building commissioner says, under new laws set to pass this week.

Thousands of complaints have been made about a foul stench, often compared to cat urine and rotten eggs, coming from this industrial site. Infringement notices have been issued — but not about the smell.

Optus is no stranger to class actions after last year's cyber attack. But a week after its crippling nationwide outage left 10 million Australians in the dark and businesses unable to trade, is another one on the horizon?

Ian Cook, of Melbourne caterer I Cook Foods, says it's a "bittersweet victory" after a Supreme Court judge ruled the business was unfairly shut down following a listeria outbreak in 2019.

The first-ever bill to create a legal recreational marijuana market in Australia was lodged in federal parliament earlier this year — but not all cannabis enthusiasts are on board with the proposal to legalise it.

The inside story of how the Commonwealth Bank went to extraordinary lengths to discredit whistleblowers and journalists who exposed wrongdoing within the company.

Businesses were hit hard during the Optus outage, with EFTPOS machines left out of action. As Australia moves further towards being completely cashless, experts say the outage isn't enough to see cash return as king.

Multiple investigations have been launched into yesterday's Optus outage that left millions with phone and internet - now Australia waits to find out, what went wrong. 

Optus will provide eligible customers, including small businesses, 200GB of free data as compensation for its nationwide outage that lasted for more than 12 hours and impacted more than 10 million Australians.

The Sunshine State's peak business group says the median regulatory compliance costs reported by businesses in 2023 was $50,000 — up from $25,000 in 2021.

More than 800 large companies paid no tax in 2021-22, an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) report reveals. Here's the full ATO list.

Improved relations between China and Australia expected to thaw trade freeze and ease tariffs on Australian imports

A change in leadership at Qantas and the ACCC has led to more of the same from both, which is a looming disaster for the airline and a credit to the regulator, writes business editor Ian Verrender.

Qantas to hold AGM after months of anger and frustration, giving shareholders the opportunity to have their say about the embattled airline.

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE calls out "the very worst products and services" it found this year.

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been on a tear higher in recent weeks, although they're still well down on record highs. Why are they rising and can it be sustained?

ASIC has never prosecuted a builder over insolvent trading despite suspicions hundreds of construction companies are taking part in the illegal practice.

Financial Counselling Australia chief executive Fiona Guthrie says the service could tempt desperate people struggling to afford the cost of living.

Would-be home owners are unable to finish their homes and can't claw back their deposits after a builder linked to a national franchise construction company went into liquidation. 

As regulators try to navigate the impact of artificial intelligence, could it outpace them, and will fashion models and the people behind their photo shoots be some of the first casualties as avatars take over?

Imports of all Fiber Fresh products have been suspended and an urgent recall has been issued.

More than half of people who bought new or used cars over the past five years experienced a fault, with 17% being serious.

The Albanese government has announced additional powers and funding for the ACCC to monitor the domestic airline industry.

Consulting giant PwC is accused of misleading the Senate after revelations it planned to sell its consultancy business at the same time it pushed back against the idea in evidence to a separate inquiry in 2019.