“Because you need an interpreter should not disadvantage you and you should not be punished for it”
March 4, 2016
Funding for the Telephone Interpreter Service must be restored....
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As Australians face over $1 trillion personal debt crisis, advocates warn about ‘debt vultures’
March 3, 2016
With ABS data showing that Australians are living with over $1 trillion of personal debt, consumer advocates are warning that an emerging industry of ‘debt vultures’ is making things worse. Debt vultures...
Read MoreStop selling junk – ASIC reports show how Australians are being dudded out of millions
February 29, 2016
Consumer Action Law Centre is calling on insurance and warranty companies to stop selling junk following the release of two damning ASIC reports....
Read MoreConsumer Action responds: Parliamentary Inquiry into Retirement Housing
February 24, 2016
Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action) has responded to the establishment today of a Parliamentary Inquiry into the retirement housing sector. The inquiry will be heard by the Legal and Social...
Read More‘Debt vultures’ in the spotlight
February 18, 2016
Australians live with over $1 trillion in personal debt, according to recent data from the Reserve Bank of Australia. That’s a staggering figure that should have economists, legislators and regulators...
Read MoreGood communication the key to successful electricity tariff reform: Gerard Brody
February 5, 2016
Claims that the Victorian Andrews Government’s ‘backing away’ from cost-reflective or flexible electricity pricing will hurt the poor needs to be tested against evidence and experience....
Read MoreVictorian Mum takes on consumer rental company Flexirent and wins
February 5, 2016
A Victorian Mum of four has won a settlement of nearly $4000 after she took legal action against Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the ASX listed company FlexiGroup...
Read MoreDebt vultures are not your friends
January 21, 2016
The huge up-front fees and dubious value of services provided by for-profit debt businesses is in the spotlight after a new report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....
Read MoreTraining Provider Open Colleges sued for breach of consumer law
December 22, 2015
As the crisis in Vocational Education deepens, another student is fighting back by taking on education provider Open Colleges in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal....
Read MoreStop lifelong debt sentences – Consumer Action responds to Credit Card Inquiry.
December 16, 2015
The Government must take meaningful action on the lifelong debt sentences wreaking havoc on many Australians by credit cards....
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