{"id":507439,"date":"2026-02-27T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/507439\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:41:09","slug":"almost-40000-budget-direct-customers-allegedly-overcharged-3-3-million-9news-com-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/507439\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 40,000 Budget Direct customers allegedly overcharged $3.3 million &#8211; 9News.com.au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxPZDQzLU0zUEtWYzhTUjZiblhnc0x0Z09SZzRaN015ak9pNzUzemxPcXJHZ2dLV2o1TzMzdkYyT3F4WFR6SmpmYjFGTzBRejQ1cE9CZy00VTdXWDRvbC1QMDZqTFdPRFJRZlF2N2UxMFlYb0t0MkZFOG9Cd3JyVnhXZkhhZGpSRjhIb2c3VG80WjZlOWR5ZzNCVEQ4RzdnSDE1RjR4WkV3SnI1dG9SenF3RkVpX3lRNWRjSVpLTDNwNEtYc3kxTm9XWUFVSXJBZ3NwZnFfS3NhS19tSVdxd1ZUNmdlUEdfLV9BeTRaREZLZVd2aHg2NUN1ctIBeEFVX3lxTE96M0tVTDg1bk1HTzN4NGFaR0h5M0JjTFUtTkF1cTJqaGVOcDFIS1B2bUk1dDhGSGl6eW1PVEZ5cmpvWjZXdnd1MjM4MEFwQVNMWVBXSWlSVmN2MXBHalJrcmphbXB5WFlHRDF0UGFUQkpQY3pQNklIVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Almost 40,000 Budget Direct customers allegedly overcharged $3.3 million<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;9News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNZ1NIa1lLVEFSUzBjcVN0RHU5SWtwd1lSVWFnNDRPT0gyS2V2UW5oN0dqRzZNZ2NpakFRV2ZxOERVcjdZRWtPODhvV01PQ3AtVDVxN0FOWjE3anhTQ0ZZbGFPQ2xCR2NlUll5U2tDMzdjY2R3MGZrOEtpVlFINWdKT0tBMEVoYm5wbElMblN6aTh5bDFPTUU1bUkyQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Almost 40,000 Budget Direct customers overcharged, ASIC takes legal action<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQQzVwZmVWVjM4VVlhdHdlS1lQUmNraHJuRWdXWkRvcUFxR2VBT2swSEkzNUJkcndxWmlvNTQ5bXdkc1lGV25DTFY5NWxZYzN4YmVOWF9oZ1hTdlQ5OTFvZVROVnNnUGxnbE41UXFETXRFanRCV0xadU1CWk9aU24yeFg2cE1XZlNMSFotOWtURmpFWU5tYTZiRW9qMi10bFVaNkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major insurer unsure of next steps amid legal action<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQNDg2UFdCSF94RkxFdUhza0xuM2YwYXRXR0VXNHdzREVPU2ZuYUdnZ1NmM1hlRFNTQ2tmQnlTTEpNcGE0UUJFN05mdjI4VE85VzdDLTVuaGtxZ3lBY2xaMHBSdFUzaldQdWQ3eW1wZklDUkd5cWxNMXIwTTFtRjYtZ2daWXBhb2ZCN3U5cnFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major insurer in legal strife over online discounts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New Daily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8AFBVV95cUxQaEQ2ZGlDU3duWnZpZVJwSDJUVlcxd1J5dXU0VXVqZ3VUQ2tSVk41Uk5wRlhkQ1V6Q19oMVNndjZrV3BnNzdlbFI4UlNFS1RxLTZwTkZ2NXRVZFpWUEFvUnZBNkZGNmxzVnF1MUc1MHVtcEo0YzM5UUk0X1dtdGxrYWVqRDUtQlk0cGJCa0hnZWQ4dDh3NXNSb2tpaVNpbURDbG1oOWJGd3lDR0M2UGZBQmpqaXJZQmwzaEkzcFIwVFRiYmJ3eFo4eFoxNk5xaV9JejVNM01BQjJnTmZFQk5mb0FHX3duX3ByU043NUY3UUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ASIC sues insurer over $3.3m in \u2018lost\u2019 discounts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Advertiser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost 40,000 Budget Direct customers allegedly overcharged $3.3 million&nbsp;&nbsp;9News.com.auAlmost 40,000 Budget Direct customers overcharged, ASIC takes legal action&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-507439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}