Media release: Consumer Action welcomes High Court ruling on bank penalty fees
Consumer Action has welcomed today's High Court ruling which found that a number of different bank fees are capable of being considered unlawful penalties....
Read MoreConsumer Action has welcomed today's High Court ruling which found that a number of different bank fees are capable of being considered unlawful penalties....
Read MoreThe organisation which invented the Do Not Knock sticker and is behind the national Do Not Knock campaign has made a submission to a Federal Parliamentary inquiry into the Do...
Read MoreConsumer advocates today acknowledged the passing of the Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 by the Australian Parliament, but were disappointed at the lost opportunity to better regulate payday lending....
Read MoreConsumer Action has assisted consumers to lodge a bulk complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service against DTGV1 Pty Ltd (which trades as Motor Finance Wizard in Victoria)....
Read MoreConsumer Action has written to the Minister for Financial Services and members of the Senate in a last ditch attempt to get vital consumer protections introduced into the payday lending...
Read MoreConsumer Action regularly receives complaints about the in home sale of very expensive educational software and, sadly, many of these complaints come from families who have recently migrated to Australia...
Read MoreOver 100 complaints about door-to-door salespeople have now been lodged with the ACCC since the national Do Not Knock campaign was launched in November....
Read MoreA new report from the Consumer Action Law Centre gives an insight into the experiences of a number of Victorian energy consumers who had their energy debts passed onto external...
Read MoreConsumer Action believes the consumer protection framework in the domestic building industry needs a complete overhaul according....
Read MoreConsumer advocates and financial counsellors have lamented the lost opportunity to effectively protect vulnerable Australians from exploitative payday and short term loans....
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