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2 November , 2012

Reforms ahead for Australia’s broken electricity sector

Senate moves to ease electricity price burden, but is it decisive?

2 November , 2012 1 comment

Swimming pools: Standards enhance child safety

Most private swimming pools drownings involve children under five

1 November , 2012

ACCC enforcement work for October

Eternal Beauty to pay penalties and costs of $100,000 for resale price maintenance The Federal Court in Melbourne has imposed penalties of $90,000 against Eternal Beauty Products Pty Ltd (Eternal Beauty) and its Director, Penny Rider, a wholesaler and retailer of skin care products and its only Australian Director, for engaging in resale price maintenance.…

31 October , 2012

Debt collector ACM collects ASIC sting

Court finds ACM Group’s misleading conduct was ‘systemic’; issue raised by Consumer Action

31 October , 2012

Homeopathy gets a well deserved shonky

Pharmacology academic queries value of ‘medicine’ with minute amount of … strychnine

30 October , 2012

Which is more Shonky: the water wasting lemon or the Cabcharge gouge?

CHOICE’s 2012 Shonky Awards expose 8 consumer lemons

30 October , 2012

Will mobile phone complaints stop rising anytime soon?

Mobile problems now make up 2/3 of the complaints received by the TIO

29 October , 2012

Business, community, consumer groups together for energy reform

United fight against rising electricity costs

28 October , 2012

Tiger’s bite never stops …

ACMA acts against Tiger Airways Spam Act breaches

27 October , 2012

Call for submissions on draft PC electricity network findings

Current rules create barriers to consumer involvement

25 October , 2012

International Product Safety Week highlights online buying risks

A global recalls portal can help you identify dangerous products.

25 October , 2012

Beating digital price discrimination

CHOICE says consumers can get around ‘geo-blocks’ to beat international price discrimination.