Media releases

The Albanese Government is taking further steps to help Australians get a fairer deal at the checkout.

2026 is the year that unfair trading practices like subscription traps will be banned thanks to the Albanese Government.

The government has today declared the Jewish Community Foundation, associated with the Jewish Communal Appeal, as a community charity.

The Albanese Labor Government will level the playing field for Australia’s wine and grape sector with the introduction of a new mandatory code of conduct for wine grape purchases.

The Albanese Labor Government has made new regulations to ban supermarket price gouging.

We have directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to extend its fuel price monitoring program for an extra five years.

Joint media release with the Hon Jim Chalmers MP, Treasurer

As Australians hang the stockings and start ticking off their shopping lists, the Albanese Government is warning retailers dodgy tactics and unsafe products will not be tolerated.

Farmers have thrown their support behind the Federal Albanese Labor Government’s decision to extend Right to Repair reforms to agricultural machinery, a practical change that will deliver fairness,

Joint media release with the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, Treasurer and the Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Small Business.

The Albanese Government is protecting vulnerable Australians from perpetrators who misuse the tax and corporate systems to commit financial abuse and coercive control.

The Albanese Government has signed a landmark tax treaty with Croatia – the first ever between our two nations – marking a major step forward in our growing bilateral relationship.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on our commitment to take on dodgy business tactics head-on, banning unfair trading practices that cost Australians time and money.

Commonwealth, State and Territory Consumer Affairs Ministers met on Friday 21 November 2025 to renew their commitment to a strong national consumer protection framework.

Consumer Affairs ministers and officials from the Commonwealth, States, Territories and New Zealand will meet in Canberra on Friday, 21 November 2025.

Joint media release with the Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Agriculture, and the Hon Dr Anne Aly MP, Minister for Small Business.

Australians can now have their say on supermarket price gouging, with the Government today releasing exposure draft legislation to prohibit excessive pricing by supermarkets.

Suppliers to Australia’s large grocery businesses – Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and wholesaler Metcash – are encouraged to share their experience as part of the Food and Grocery Code Supervisor’s annua

Ahead of the new mandatory merger control regime commencing on 1 January 2026, the Government will refine the initial notification requirements to ensure the merger reforms are appropriat

The Albanese Government is streamlining implementation of an open register of beneficial ownership.