Australian Fitness club first to get carbon tax fine

Fitness club first to get carbon tax fine

August 1, 2012

Fitness club first to get carbon tax fine
Paul Osborne
TheAustralian
A FITNESS club has become the first Australian business to pay a fine for making a false claim about the carbon tax.

GFC Berwick, trading as Genesis Fitness Club, paid $6600 to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as penalty for sending a letter to its members in April promoting a “rate freeze” offer.

The fitness club said that by taking up the offer, members could avoid a fee increase of nine to 15 per cent because of the carbon price.

More than 200 members took up the offer and extended their contracts.

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