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The enacted Australian baseline: exact Act title, assent and registration, 1 July 2027 commencement, final section 28B wording and pending regulations.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/awareness-does-not-create-resistance/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

A 406-person study found that people could recognise manipulative design yet remain vulnerable or uncertain about harm, challenging “just inform users” responses.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/cprc-duped-by-design/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

The CPRC survey behind “Duped by design” explained: reported financial, privacy and trust consequences, the ten tested patterns and the limits of self-reported evidence.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/dark-patterns-at-scale-australia/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

The 11,000-site crawl remains a foundation for automated detection, but Australian teams need authenticated journeys, operating evidence and legal review beyond page signals.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/gui-agents-australian-journeys/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

The 2026 CHI study on GUI agents and dark patterns translated for Australian pricing, subscription and cancellation journeys.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/patterns-in-the-dark-unisa/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

The University of South Australia’s commissioned landscape review explained: its taxonomy, Consumer Data Right context and the limits noted during official discussion.

https://unfairtrading.com/research/shining-light-australian-teams/2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

The Luguri and Strahilevitz experiments for Australian teams: strong behavioural effects, weaker backlash to mild designs and careful limits on legal translation.