Consumer Action's legal service and financial counselling service assist many people facing housing stress and its consequences. Through our casework and research, we have identified a particular problem of vulnerable...
Read MoreConsumer Action Law Centre has provided comment on the review of the Warehousemen’s Liens Act 1958 (Vic) (“Act”)....
Read MoreFunding for the Telephone Interpreter Service must be restored....
Read MoreFunding for the Telephone Interpreter Service must be restored....
Read MoreWith ABS data showing that Australians are living with over $1 trillion of personal debt, consumer advocates are warning that an emerging industry of ‘debt vultures’ is making things worse. Debt vultures...
Read MoreAround forty representatives from consumer advocacy organisations, industry associations, ombudsman schemes, government agencies and regulators met in Melbourne on 18 February 2016 to discuss the social and industry impacts of...
Read MoreAre the justice needs of vulnerable Victorians are being met?...
Read MoreConsumer Action Law Centre is calling on insurance and warranty companies to stop selling junk following the release of two damning ASIC reports....
Read MoreConsumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action) has responded to the establishment today of a Parliamentary Inquiry into the retirement housing sector. The inquiry will be heard by the Legal and Social...
Read MoreTypical approaches to solving problematic finances are either to “educate” people about the need to save more or to “incentivize” savings with monetary rewards, but when we look at traditional...
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