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CFA has made a submission to the Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety System led by the Commonwealth Treasury. Read CFA’s submission Have your say
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CFA and several member organisations have made written submissions to the federal government’s review of the grocery industry unit pricing mandatory Code of Conduct administered by the ACCC. The Code requires most very large grocery stores and online grocery retailers to display on shelf labels, etc. the price per unit of measure of grocery products…
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The Consumers Federation of Australia’s (CFA) submission to the Federal Government’s review of the Retail Grocery Industry (Unit Pricing) Code of Conduct calls for: Continuation of the present requirements that specified grocery retailers must provide unit pricing and that any voluntary providers must comply with the same requirements as other providers. Grocery unit prices to…
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Gift card users may be unfairly penalised for querying charges if proposed regulations go ahead. The Federal Government is consulting on draft legislation which would permit the charging of post-supply fees and fees for disputing transactions. CFA supports the submission made by member organisation, the Queensland Consumers’ Association (QCA), calling for disputed card fees or charges…
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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…
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The Productivity Commission has published a press release, calling on people to provide valuable input into the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation. The Commission seeks to change and meet the evolving demands for the future direction of telecommunications within the Australian market. Commissioner Paul Lindwall states that ‘currently we have in place a Universal Service…
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ACCAN submission calls for a taxpayer funded scheme to lower impacts on low income consumers
Read More Data retention: consumers shouldn’t wear increase in phone and internet costs
Pre-Budget submission estimates that counsellors will help 150,000 people in 2013-14
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Make a submission by 30 August 2013
Read More Call for submissions on AER draft Stakeholder Engagement Framework
Make a submission by 31 July
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ASIC consults on enhancement to training standards
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ACCAN comments on the Australian government’s big data strategy
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