Consumer 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 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 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 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 MoreThree companies control 75% of the Victorian energy market. Victorian consumers are missing out on the benefits that are supposed to flow from competition....
Read MoreOnline return policies may not be giving consumers the protection they think they have. Many don't even comply with minimum legal standards....
Read MoreTwo community legal centres fear The Cash Store's holiday marketing will hurt Victorian consumers....
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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