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Research conducted by CHOICE in 2022 found many Australians aren’t aware of what insurance they have through their super. Only 54% of respondents knew how much they paid for insurance, and just 51% knew what situations their super insurance covered.
Read More Calls for Independent Inquiry into Super Insurance Gaps
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“We know that suicide is complex and often linked to many risk factors like personal debt, unemployment, family breakdown, social isolation, and mental health.
“Feeding the family and keeping a roof over our heads are two of the most basic human needs. While interest rates are a matter for the RBA Board, we must be prepared and proactive to prevent distress and suicide rates from continuing to rise,” said Ms Murray.
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The Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) has just announced a webinar to discuss the Federal Government’s recent proposals to address unfair business practices for Tuesday 10th October at 4:00pm AEDT
Read More Webinar: Make Unfair Illegal – an unfair trading prohibition discussion
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ASIC alleges that for almost ten years, AustralianSuper failed to have adequate policies and procedures to identify members who held multiple AustralianSuper accounts and to merge those accounts, where merger was in the member’s best interests.
Read More AustralianSuper Sued Over Multiple Superannuation Accounts
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Access to information, goods, and services are fundamental to consumer education, protection, advocacy, and rights. The importance of access and how some people are left out is something that is crucial to discussions about metropolitan areas as compared to rural and remote areas, where access to many goods and services can be limited and potentially…
Read More Accessibility Best Practice Guide
Original job advertisement from Johnson Partners LinkedIn post (here) on behalf of AFCA. AFCA Non-Executive Director · Independent for-purpose organisation · Serve Australia in support of a fair robust financial services sector · Consumer Affairs experience The purpose of the independent ombudsman, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is to provide fair, independent and effective solutions for financial…
Read More AFCA Non-Executive Director Position Open for Applications
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Original media release from CHOICE (30/08/2023). “We gave several playpens a score of zero for performance simply because they had so many failures,” says Kim Gilmour, CHOICE’s team leader for household products. In fact, eight of the 25 models in our current review failed to pass CHOICE’s key safety requirements – that’s almost a third, a…
Read More Almost a Third of Playpens Fail CHOICE Safety Test
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QCA spokesperson, Ian Jarratt says manufacturers use shrinkflation to make “sneaky” price increases and improve or maintain their margins because most shoppers are more aware of, and sensitive to, higher selling prices than reductions in the amount in packages.
Read More Call for Supermarkets to Help Shoppers Spot Package “shrinkflation”
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“This legislation is terrific,” Ms Levin said. “We’re delighted that it covers not only credit cards, but also digital wallets and digital currencies.”
Ms Levin said the one area of disappointment was a carve-out for online lotteries.
“The test for whether a contract term is unfair has not changed. However, businesses now could potentially face substantial penalties for contravening the law. This will better protect consumers and small businesses who have limited bargaining power, expertise, and ability to negotiate or assess standard form contracts,”
Read More ACCC Urges Businesses to Remove Unfair Contract Term
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The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to deny authorisation for Qantas Airways Ltd and China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited and their related entities (including Jetstar) to continue coordinating operations between Australia and mainland China.
Read More Proposed Denial of Qantas and China Eastern Airline Coordination
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Federal and State Governments must introduce significant gambling harm reforms in the wake of new research that indicates a significant percentage of suicides across Australia are related to gambling.
Read More Gambling-Related Suicides on Rise
