Jonathan Barrett

If ‘was/is’ pricing was the thought bubble of people in marketing, a lawyer says, the supermarket duo might be in for some trouble

Australia’s grocery duopoly has leapfrogged peers when it comes to profitability – these charts prove it

Grace Joseph, a financial counsellor in Sydney's outer suburbs, has noticed a new and concerning thread tying struggling homeowners together: they can't sleep.

More mortgage holders facing high interest rates and living costs are ending up under extreme stress and unable to afford repayments

Airline to pay 86,000 customers between $225 and $450 each, on top of previous refunds, as part of remediation

Australia’s interest rate is forecast to fall from 4.35% to 3.6% by this time next year, prompting seven lenders to cut their rates this week

As Coles and Woolworths prepare to face the regulator in court over discount pricing allegations, here are other tricks of the trade to look out for

Treasurer says uncovering ‘unfair’ practices also part of proposed surcharge revamp designed to give consumers better deal and cut small business’s costs

It might be chump change when it comes to buying a coffee, but the surcharge on debit purchases adds up to billions of dollars a year – and it could be about to disappear.

Extra charge when paying using a card can add more than $12 to the cost of a school laptop, and $6.40 to a car service