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Media release: Consumer groups say – don’t unplug Australians!

June 11, 2010

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...

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Media release: New energy law penal ties fall woefully short on consumer protection

May 27, 2010

Consumer 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...

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Media release: Clive Peeters’ collapse not ‘so eeeasy’ for some unlucky customers

May 21, 2010

Consumer 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....

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Media release: Consumer groups fear City Water users will get the ‘South Gippsland treatment’ under unified water laws

May 17, 2010

Consumer groups are concerned that large water bill price rises for Melbournians will be combined with new unfair and punitive measures to pursue payment....

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Media release: Business loopholes in new consumer lending laws could spell disaster for vulnerable borrowers

May 12, 2010

Consumer Action is warning consumers to avoid unregistered or unlicensed brokers and lenders now that new national consumer lending laws are coming into force....

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Media release: Debt collector complaints too small-fry for consumer watchdog ASIC

April 27, 2010

Consumer 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...

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Media release: Victorians deserve a better deal on rental housing

April 8, 2010

Minimum 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....

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Media release: ‘Shonky’ brokers stopped from slipping through the cracks

March 26, 2010

Consumer 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...

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Media release: Insurance industry tells B.R.C disaster relief is bad for business

March 17, 2010

A 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...

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Media release: Parents need to learn more before they sign up for educational software

March 15, 2010

We 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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