Consumer representatives from across the nation tell Energy Ministers to lift their game on the national energy consumer law or put more Australians at risk of being cut-off from electricity...
Read MoreConsumer Action says the new national energy consumer law proposed by the Federal and State Governments will make it more profitable for energy retailers to violate consumer rights than actually...
Read MoreConsumer Action is warning customers to be cautious about buying goods from failed white goods and electronics retailer Clive Peeters unless they take them away on the day....
Read MoreConsumer groups are concerned that large water bill price rises for Melbournians will be combined with new unfair and punitive measures to pursue payment....
Read MoreConsumer Action is warning consumers to avoid unregistered or unlicensed brokers and lenders now that new national consumer lending laws are coming into force....
Read MoreConsumer Action has issued proceedings in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal against both the debt collection company ACM and the National Australia Bankon behalf of a client who says...
Read MoreMinimum standards to ensure all Victorian rental properties are safe, healthy and affordable to live in are urgently needed, said Victoria’s state-wide telephone and web financial counselling service, MoneyHelp....
Read MoreConsumer Action has welcomed the efforts of the Coalition and Greens in working with the Victorian Government to make amendments to a Bill to ensure consumers won’t fall victim to...
Read MoreA submission to the Bushfires Royal Commission on behalf of the Insurance Council of Australia has complained that post-disaster assistance ‘is a potential cause of non-insurance’ and that government or...
Read MoreWe all think we could resist the slick spiel of the in-home salesman, so why is it that so many people end up saying ‘yes’. Now researchers, lead by Dr...
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