Consumer Action says a case in which it is assisting an elderly retirement village resident with her dispute before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal demonstrates the overly complex nature...
Read MoreConsumer Action has challenged Australia's energy retailers to put an end to door-to-door energy sales....
Read MoreThe Consumer Action Law Centre has welcomed the proceedings initiated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against three energy retailers and their marketing companies in relation to door-to-door selling...
Read MoreA group comprising consumer advocates and welfare agencies has made an eleventh hour plea to members of the Victorian Upper House, urging them to amend a bill which would allow...
Read MoreThe Consumer Action Law Centre has asked the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) to undertake a formal investigation into the internal dispute resolution processes of Cash Converters, Australia’s biggest...
Read MoreConsumer Action is lodging a dispute on behalf of Ms Jane Bowyer with the Credit Ombudsman Service, alleges The Cash Store engaged in irresponsible lending practices, and asks whether it...
Read MoreVictorian households are staring down the barrel of yet another electricity price hike after the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) overturned significant aspects of the ruling of the energy industry’s independent...
Read MoreIn what are believed to be two of the first cases to test Victoria's new ‘prohibited debt collection practices’, the Consumer Action Law Centre is helping two clients pursue legal...
Read MoreA new advertisement from one of Australia’s leading payday loan brokers, The Cash Store, has raised the ire of two community legal centres, who fear the advert may result in...
Read MoreThe Consumer Action Law Centre is warning consumers that hire car 'insurance' is not what seems, indeed, it’s often not insurance at all but, rather, an indemnity which, in the...
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