Featured

a credit card a credit card

The Consumers’ Federation of Australia has joined organisations and prominent individuals nation-wide in an open letter calling for Senators to block the weakening of safe lending laws. The following is a CHOICE media release. Axing safe lending laws will be bad for people, bad for the economy and directly contradict the first recommendation of the…

Read More 122 organisations join together to oppose Government’s plan to axe safe lending laws

Post thumbnail

The following is a transcript of the keynote address presented by Fiona Guthrie AM, Chief Executive Officer of Financial Counselling Australia, at the ACCC 2019 National Consumer Congress. Reimagining the Corporation: Why we need to change the purpose of our biggest companies INTRODUCTION I am going to begin and end this speech in the same place. And that is…

Read More Reimagining the Corporation: Fiona Guthrie’s speech to the National Consumer Congress

law book, scale, and gavel law book, scale, and gavel

Consumers’ Federation of Australia has published its submission to the Commission’s Consumer Law Enforcement and Administration Draft Report. The submission calls for additional public funding for consumer advocacy. Furthermore, CFA encourages the Productivity Commission to develop mechanisms which found fund the necessary consumer advocacy and input, aside from a call on the Federal Budget. The…

Read More CFA publishes Submission to the Commission’s Consumer Law Enforcement and Administration Draft Report

Australia’s peak consumer body, the Consumers’ Federation of Australia,  welcomed a finding from the Productivity Commission that additional public funding be provided to support consumer advocacy. The finding, made in the Commission’s Draft Report on Consumer Law Enforcement and Administration, recognised there is considerable unmet demand from policy makers for input from informed consumer advocates.…

Read More Productivity Commission calls for greater investment in consumer advocacy

Post thumbnail

Consumers Federation Australia (CFA) along with several consumer organisations have recently submitted a joint consumer representative submission to the Australian Banking Association. The ABA has resourced this 2016 submission, conducted as a collaborative effort between the CFA and the Financial Rights Legal Centre (FRLC). CFA and the FRLC engaged with the following consumer organisations who have…

Read More Financial Rights Legal Centre and Consumers Federation Australia publish submission to review Code of Banking Practice

Post thumbnail

Consumers Federation Australia is constantly listening to consumer wants, interests and needs. As such, CFA believes that changes are needed to ensure that we are meeting the ever changing consumer landscape. Recently, CFA made changes to the current policy on consumer representation. The changes are reflected within the document, available here. The new policy statement,…

Read More CFA releases updated Consumer Representatives Policy

Post thumbnail

Last month, CFA published its Federal Election Agenda , calling upon the incoming Federal Government to make crucial changes to improve consumer outcomes.     The agenda presented three measures in which governance and institutional arrangements within the economy could become more effective, cohesive and supportive to consumers: Appoint a Minister for Consumer Affairs with cabinet…

Read More Political Parties Respond to CFA Federal Election Agenda

Post thumbnail

CFA recently published its Federal Election Agenda, calling on the government to make changes within the consumer advocacy sector. The agenda is available here.  As of the 30th of June, CFA has received responses correspondence from the Australian Labor Party , the Coalition Liberal & National Parties, and the Australian Greens. The responses are available below. Coalition Liberal…

Read More Federal Election Agenda Responses