April 2024: Joint Submission to the ACCC Supermarket Inquiry
February 2024: Submission to the Senate supermarket prices inquiry
January 2024: Joint submission with CHOICE to the Competition Taskforce, Consultation Paper on Merger Reform
December 2023: Joint submission to Treasury, Designated Complaints Exposure Draft Legislation
November 2023: Joint Submission to the Food Ministers Meeting on Changes to the Food Standards Code
September 2023: Joint Submission with CHOICE to the Senate Select Committee on Bilateral Air Service Agreements
August 2023: Country of Origin Labelling for Seafood in Hospitality Settings: Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement
April 2023: Submission to the ACCC regarding proposed ANZ-Suncorp merger preliminary view
April 2023: Submission to the Attorney-General on Making the Privacy Act Work for Australian Consumers
March 2023: Submission to Standards Australia on Alternative Standards Development Models
March 2023: Submission to Department of Industry, Science & Resources on Seafood Country-of-Origin Labelling
January 2023: Submission to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on ANZ’s proposed acquisition of Suncorp Bank
December 2022: Submission to the Independent Review of the Buy Now Pay Later code of practice
August 2022: Submission to Energy Security Board Issues Paper on Electronic Vehicle Smart Charging Standards
June 2022: Toppling Furniture Consultation Paper – Assessment of Regulatory Options
March 2022: Response to Domestic Organics Regulatory Framework Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS)
February 2022: Submission on Draft Proposed Revisions to the Recommendation of the G20/OECD High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection
September 2021: Joint submission with CHOICE to Productivity Commission Right to Repair Inquiry – further submission from Consumers’ Federation of Australia
August 2021: 2021 Review of the Australian Banking Association (ABA) Code of Practice: Joint submission by consumer organisations
May 2021: Submission to the review of the National Insurance Brokers Association of Australia (NIBA) Code
April 2021: Joint consumer submission to the Review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority
February 2021: Submission to ASIC on the Review of the ePayments Code
October 2020: CFA Comments on the Standards Australia Supply Chain Resilience Discussion Paper
September 2020: CFA Submission to the Consultation on the National Preventative Health Strategy
September 2020: CFA Submission to Evaluation of Country of Origin Labelling for Food Discussion Paper
September 2020: CFA Submission to NDIS Consultation on Support Coordination
August 2020: CFA Support for ACCAN’s Submission on the Emergency Call Service Industry Code
July 2020: CFA Submission to ACCC on Draft Determination for Australian Banking Association
July 2020: CFA Submission to the Standards Australia Company Governance Review
May 2020: CFA Submission to ACCC on Interim Authorisation for Private Healthcare Australia Limited
May 2020: Joint Consumer Group Submission to ACCC on Interim Authorisation for NBN Co and Ors
May 2020: Joint Consumer Group Submission to ACCC on Interim Authorisation for Australian Energy Council
May 2020: CFA Submission to the Button Battery Task Force ACCC
May 2020: Joint Consumer Submission to ACCC on Interim Authorisation for Participating Supermarkets
May 2020: Joint Consumer Submission to ACCC on Interim Authorisation for Australian Banking Association
November 2019: CFA Submission on Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety System
July 2019: CFA Submission on the SA Distribution and Licencing Policy Framework
May 2019: CFA Submission to Review of the ePayments Code
April 2019: CFA Submission to Defamation Law Review
February 2019: CFA Submission to Grocery Unit Pricing Review
November 2018: Joint letter calling for a PC inquiry into private health insurance
October 2018: CFA Submission to Consultation on Treasury Laws Amendment (Gift Cards) Regulations 2018
August 2018: CFA submission to Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code review
August 2018: CFA Submission to Consumer Safeguards Review Part A – Redress and Complaints Handling
July 2018: CFA Submission to Productivity Commission on Superannuation. See here for more information on the Superannuation Consumers’ Centre.
February 2018: CFA Submission on the regulation of the export of organic products
September 2017: CFA submission to the Standards Australia Review of Technical Governance Issues Paper
February 2017: CFA Draft Submission to Productivity Commission (2 pages PDF)
November 2016: Consumers Federation Australia 2016 Financial Report (10 pages pdf)
September 2016: Joint Consumer Representative Submission to the Australian Bankers Association (115 pages pdf)
June 2016 CFA submission to the ACL Review Issues Paper (4 pages pdf)
March 2015 – CFA Submission to Inquiry into the Commonwealth’s Treaty-making Process not currently available
March 2015 – CFA Submission to Financial Services Inquiry Final Report not currently available
November 2014 – CFA Submission to draft report by Harper Competition Review Panel not currently available
November 2014 – CFA submission to Communications Alliance on the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Code review not currently available
June 2014 – CFA Federal Competition Review Submission not currently available
September 2013 – CFA Consumer Agenda for 2013 Federal Election not currently available
January 2013 – CFA Budget Submission: Making Markets Work Better – Supporting the Consumer Voice not currently available
July 2012- Submission to the post implementation review of the grocery unit pricing code not currently available
March 2009 National Consumer Credit Law – Briefing Paper – Ensuring Access to Justice not currently available
Sept 2008 Explains why the Federal Government should fund a peak Consumer organisation as recommended by the Productivity Commission not currently available
April 2008 Submission to the 2020 Summit not currently available
Feb 2008 Conference Proceedings – Consumer Representatives Forum July 2007 not currently available
June 2007 Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry on Consumer Policy, including the two appendices; A Strong Consumer Voice, and ACCC enforcement analysis (24 pages) not currently available
October 2006 Submission to the Law and Justice Committee inquiry into unfair terms in consumer contracts (22 pages) not currently available
April 2006 Submission to the Productivity Commission Standardisation and Accreditation Review (8 pages) not currently available