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- Consumer affairs
Amazon, eBay, Kogan ordered to halt sales of potentially deadly toys
Australia’s consumer watchdog has ordered online retailers to halt sales of a range of toys and games products - including chess sets - marketed for children that contain potentially deadly magnets if swallowed.
- Elias Visontay
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Cake dust recalled across Australia as young boy returns home after coma
“We’re looking forward to sleeping in our own bed tonight and spending some much needed quality time as a family,” the boy’s mother said.
- William Davis
Revealed: the number of Perth schools that used recalled asbestos sand
The ACCC issued a recall notice on Wednesday evening on a range of coloured sand brands in which they had detected a naturally occurring asbestos.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Consumer rights
Schools shut as asbestos recall spreads to Kmart, Target
Schools in the ACT and one in Queensland have been closed over fears of children being exposed to asbestos-laden coloured sand products.
- Elias Visontay and Jessica Yun
The Wiggles company admits it probably breached the law with headband
The company for the children’s entertainers sold thousands of Emma Bow headbands, powered by potentially hazardous button batteries, at concerts, in stores and online.
- Elias Visontay
Safety warning: Don’t let your Temu, Shein purchases burn you
Our online shopping habit is putting us at risk of injury – but new research shows that most Australians don’t care.
- Jessica Yun
Urgent warning for cutesy toy that could be a child killer
Inspectors entered Miniso stores and removed non-compliant products from shelves amid fears that children could ingest the batteries inside toys.
- Elias Visontay
Tesla Model Y recalled over window that can close ‘with excessive force’
This is the second Tesla recall of 2025, and the 17th since 2021.
- Tim Biggs
Holden faces class action over alleged transmission defects
Law firm Maurice Blackburn alleges Holden’s parent company, General Motors, sold cars with faulty transmissions.
- Tung Nguyen
Woolies to reopen distribution centre to combat bare shelves caused by strike
The retailer says the move will ease shortages across Victoria amid industrial action that has hit many stores.
- Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward