Bonnie Cooney

Director @ACCC

AU

Enforcement - Consumer & Fair Trading• Leading teams in Consumer and Fair Trading division investigating and enforcing potential breaches of the Competition and Consumer Act and the Australian Consumer Law.• $10m penalty and consumer redress against Dell Australia for making false and misleading representations on its website about discount prices for add-on computer monitors.• $3.5m penalty and consumer redress against Smile Direct Club for false and misleading representations concerning private health insurance coverage for aligners. • $1.2m penalty and consumer redress against Sumo Power for s29 false and misleading representations and s18 misleading and deceptive conduct.• Achieved the first enforcement outcome under the Electricity Retail Code issuing an Infringement Notice for failing to display required Code information for a material time. • Consumer protection investigations include: allegations of false and misleading price representations, unfair contract terms and Franchise Code breaches in areas including motor vehicle, technology, environmental, health and energy. • Competition investigations include: various allegations of s46 misuse of market power; s48 retail price maintenance; s45 contract that restricts competition.

Flinders University

Bachelor’s Degree, LLB/LP (Hons) and BA

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