Regular readers of this column will know that I’ve been less than complimentary about the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in its efforts to regulate advertising of non-prescription products.

I am therefore delighted to give some credit when good news breaks. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC)...

Friendship is the bronze coin of politics rated, in a crunch, well below the silver and gold currency of self-interest, whether personal or party.

Malcolm Turnbull dropped his long-term friend Ian Macfarlane from cabinet to the backbench not for reasons of performance but...

We recently submitted a complaint about the promotion of Ease-a-Cold products, which claim to be “clinically proven” to shorten your cold. The complaint highlights a number of long-standing problems with the regulation of complementary...