Thursday, May 13, 2021

Australia – Telco facing $50 million dollar fine for phone plans sold to indigenous customers

Australian telco Telstra has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a $50 million fine plus costs for unconscionable conduct towards 108 indigenous customers who could not understand or afford the phone plans they were sold.


The fine is the second largest to be imposed on an Australian company for breaking the country's consumer laws.


Shaun Bindley reports


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