Advocates object to new fee for entering bankruptcy
Financial Counselling Australia and others voice concern for low income debtors
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Financial Counselling Australia releases Funding Snapshot
Stable funding critical to ensure advice is available to all in financial hardship
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Court orders Excite Mobile to pay $455,000 for engaging in misleading and unconscionable conduct
Telco used undue coercion to collect debts.
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Cash Converters sued for breaching its responsible lending obligations
Melbourne woman received more than 50 payday loans in under 4 years
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Credit Ombudsman cautions borrowers and lenders on low interest rates
Borrowers may be left with unaffordable loans
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12 tips to avoid the New Year credit crunch
CALC’s financial counsellors urge consumers to plan ahead
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Don’t fixate on rates
Consumer Affairs Vic releases video guides to buying and selling property
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A woman’s life in money
The harm of payday loans
Independent review confirms Centrepay a good idea that lost its way
Two leading consumer organisations welcome findings
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CALC report highlights procedural failings in Magistrates Court
80 per cent of small money claims go undefended
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Newman Government asked to Fund Financial Counselling
Queensland now only State that does not fund financial counselling
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