For businesses

On 12 September the ACCC issued its Business Snapshot: Unconscionable Conduct publication. The snapshot sets out the principles and factors of unconscionable conduct that may assist businesses and consumers in understanding what unconscionable conduct is. These principles may also assist the courts in deciding whether conduct was unconscionable.

This important information relates to:

• claims and representations in advertising
• the federal government Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme
• feed-in tariffs – selling renewable electricity
• carbon price claims