The huge up-front fees and dubious value of services provided by for-profit debt businesses is in the spotlight after a new report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)....
Read MoreAs the crisis in Vocational Education deepens, another student is fighting back by taking on education provider Open Colleges in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal....
Read MoreThe Government must take meaningful action on the lifelong debt sentences wreaking havoc on many Australians by credit cards....
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Unknowing Australians could be paying millions of dollars for junk insurance according to a new report from Consumer Action Law Centre....
Read MoreConsumer Action Law Centre has welcomed the introduction into State Parliament of a bill to improve building consumer protection. ...
Read MoreConsumer Action Law Centre welcomes reforms announced today by the Federal Government for the vocational education and training (VET) sector and calls for the establishment of a national ombudsman scheme....
Read MoreThe Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action) is pleased to provide comment on the revised AER (Retail) Exempt Selling Guideline (the Guideline)....
Read MoreThe National Energy Retail Rules (NERR) impose minimum requirements that apply to terms and conditions of energy retail contracts. For market retail contracts, energy retailers are required to notify customers...
Read MoreConsumer Action and CUAC’s experience of the rule change process was that it was extremely resource intensive, and too lengthy and cumbersome for it to be a viable avenue for...
Read MoreAccess to justice is not as simple as the provision of free legal services according to a new report. Strategic advocacy is often the missing ingredient to ensure that justice...
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