New guidance on fees for financial advisers
ASIC’s Guide to what must be provided to consumers under FOFA reforms
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Consumers back taxi overhaul
Wanted: taxi services commissioner, consumer guarantees, complaints handling, lower credit fees
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Keep food labelling simple: CHOICE
Reforms proposed to ban half baked country of origin claims
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Students may be entitled to refund of NAB loans
Students of defunct College of Creative Arts and Technology urged to go to Financial Ombudsman
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Zamels ordered to pay $250,000 for misleading consumers
Jewelllery group mislead customers about discounts
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Internship company pays $2500 to unhappy customer
Consumer upset with unfair terms and breaches of consumer law
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Tyre stewardship scheme moves closer to implementaiton
Scheme aims to reduce used tyres entering landfill, being illegally dumped or exported overseas
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ACCC calls on Medicines Australia to improve disclosure of payments to individual healthcare professionals
ACCC gives pharmaceutical companies two years to improve transparency.
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Smoothies – more kilojoules than a meal
CHOICE found some smoothies have the equivalent of 31 teaspoons of sugar! Includes tips.
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Unfair terms protections extended to insurance contracts
Commonwealth government reform welcomed by Consumer Action
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This year I will … (be MoneySmart?)
MoneySmart publishes tools to commit to achievable financial goals
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