Long time consumer policy advocate Delia Rickard has been nominated to become a Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Read More CFA welcomes Delia Rickard as ACCC Deputy Chair
The COPOLCO Mirror Committee takes Australian positions to the International Organisation for Standardisation’s consumer policy committee.
Read More Consumer participation in standards making – COPOLCO
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The ACCC has commenced a formal investigation into price information sharing arrangements in the retail petrol industry.
Read More ACCC investigates information sharing arrangements in petrol industry
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The Consumer Action Law Centre has lodged a complaint with the Financial Ombudsman Service against the NAB and is seeking to have its client’s NAB student loan terminated.
Read More Linked credit case could cast doubt on more NAB student loans
ASIC has released revised disclosure benchmarks and separate disclosure principles for unlisted mortgage schemes to improve awareness of the investment risks.
Read More ASIC updates guidance for investing in mortgage schemes
As part of a larger package ASIC will receive $23.9 million over four years to facilitate the implementation and enforcement of the Future of Financial Advice reforms.
Read More ASIC funding for financial advice reforms
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ACCC chairman Rod Sims has described the digital and online economy as posing one of the biggest regulatory challenges in a generation.
Read More ACCC outlines priorities in enforcing competition law
The report recommends incentives to encourage compliance with the TIO scheme, and improved governance with better balance between consumer and industry interests.
Read More TIO report responds to consumer concerns
Government announcements suggest we’ll get a better food labelling system. But in the meantime the discredited DI% labels are still found on our food.
Read More Food labelling: Daily intake percentage labels discredited
CFA member ACCAN has published a quick review of three popular smart phones: iPhone, Blackberry and Samsung Galaxy. Guess which one is best?
Read More Is there an accessible smart phone?
Many of the consumer guarantee provisions introduced in January 2011 are similar to the previously existing law. But there are some important changes. What’s your experience?
Read More Goods that break soon after purchase are not OK
The focus of Privacy Awareness Week this year is on children and teenagers to get them thinking about protecting their privacy and the consequences of their online behaviour.
Read More NSW Privacy Awareness Week
