Tag: Australian

Airbnb admits misleading Australian customers by charging in US dollars

An Australian court has ordered Airbnb to pay a 15 million Australian dollar (£7.9 million) fine, and the accommodation rental company could pay as much again in compensating customers who had been unaware they were being charged in US rather than Australian dollars. Airbnb admitted making false or misleading representations to Australian users between January […]

Australian PM’s Polling Rebounds as Rate Pause Eases Pressure

(Bloomberg) — Australia’s Labor government has regained its polling lead over the center-right opposition after the Reserve Bank kept interest rates unchanged earlier this month amid signs of cooling price pressures in the economy. Most Read from Bloomberg Support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party climbed to 52% on a two-party preferred basis, up […]