“Because you need an interpreter should not disadvantage you and you should not be punished for it”
March 4, 2016
Funding for the Telephone Interpreter Service must be restored....
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“Because you need an interpreter should not disadvantage you and you should not be punished for it”
March 4, 2016
Funding for the Telephone Interpreter Service must be restored....
Read MoreAs Australians face over $1 trillion personal debt crisis, advocates warn about ‘debt vultures’
March 3, 2016
With 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...
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Debt Management Firms Communiqué
March 3, 2016
Around 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 MoreAccess to Justice Review
March 1, 2016
Are the justice needs of vulnerable Victorians are being met?...
Read MoreStop selling junk – ASIC reports show how Australians are being dudded out of millions
February 29, 2016
Consumer 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 responds: Parliamentary Inquiry into Retirement Housing
February 24, 2016
Consumer 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 MoreOur finances are a mess – could behavioral science help clean them up?
February 18, 2016
Typical 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...
Read More‘Debt vultures’ in the spotlight
February 18, 2016
Australians live with over $1 trillion in personal debt, according to recent data from the Reserve Bank of Australia. That’s a staggering figure that should have economists, legislators and regulators...
Read MoreUnemployed and at risk: more help needed for those out of work
February 9, 2016
The mental health of the unemployed deteriorates the longer they are out of work and this is a barrier to securing future employment, research has found. While different ways to...
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