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CFA member, Consumer Action is lodging another dispute against a high profile payday loan provider.
Read More Ombudsman asked to consider lending practices of payday loan provider
CHOICE launches ‘Move Your Money’, a new campaign aimed at helping thousands of Australians look beyond the ‘big four’ banks to save money and drive competition.
Read More Campaign calls on consumers to switch and save
A paper released by the Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre (CUAC) examines Victorian consumers’ experiences of door-to-door energy sales in Victoria, and outlines CUAC’s policy positions on door-to-door sales.
Read More The consumer experience of door to door energy sales in Victoria
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched guidelines to support efforts by dating and romance websites to combat scammers.
Read More ACCC launches guidelines to help dating websites protect consumers from scams
Buying door-to-door? Door-to-door sales can be a great, convenient way to buy goods and services without leaving your home. Under the Australian Consumer Law, which came into effect on 1 January 2011, you have specific protections and rights when you buy goods and services at your door.
Read More Knock, knock. Who’s there?
The Australasian Consumer Fraud Task Force (ACFT) and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) are gathering the most up-to-date information on fraud and scam trends in Australia through their annual online survey.
Read More 2012 Scam Survey now open
When you buy a product, you have every right to expect it to be of good quality and to work properly.
Under Australia’s new consumer laws, if you buy a product and it is not up to scratch you have the right to take it back to where you bought it and ask the business to fix the problem.
Read More Use your rights – repair, replace, refund
CHOICE says comments are softening up ahead of interest rate decisions.
Read More Consumers deserve transparency not spin from banks
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today released its 2011 report on the prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol in Australia.
Read More ACCC petrol report shows higher prices reflect global trends
Bioenergy efficiently extracts clean, low-emission electricity from a range of wastes. CFA has appointed a consumer representative to the SA technical committee on Sustainability Criteria for bioenergy.
Read More Developing a sustainability standard for bioenergy
Consumer Affairs Victoria reminded Victorian parents and carers of the dangers that toys containing magnets can pose if swallowed following the recent death of a Queensland toddler.
Read More Warning on magnets in toys
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Mandatory safety standards are made for products that are likely to be especially hazardous. In making mandatory safety standards, the government protects consumers by specifying minimum requirements that products must meet before they are supplied
Read More Mandatory standards: protecting consumers
