LEGAL & FINANCIAL ADVICE
Our qualified legal staff and financial counsellors are on hand to provide free, independent and confidential advice to people struggling with a range of consumer and financial issues.
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY SECTOR
We provide workers in the legal and community sectors with the resources and information they need to identify exploitative products and business practices and help their clients fight back.
FIGHTING FOR A JUST MARKETPLACE
Our team leads change to policy, laws and industry practice across a range of consumer issues, informed by our experience assisting and representing people in Victoria.
ASIC Enforcement Review
Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Exposure draft legislation, ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce Final Report
In our joint response to exposure draft legislation implementing certain aspects of the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce (ERT) Final Report, Consumer Action and Financial Rights Legal Centre (Financi...
Integrated Practice Project: 2019 Mid-Year Report
Recognising that we need to take a coordinated approach to addressing the civil needs of Victorian Aboriginal communities, Consumer Action Law Centre and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service teamed...
Government crackdown on dodgy insurance sales could save Australians millions
When insurance is added onto the sale of another product or service, consumer groups reveal that it’s likely to be a rip-off. This comes in the wake of the Australian Government’s consultation on how...
Reforming the sale of add-on insurance
Treasury - Reforms to the sale of add on insurance: Proposal Paper
Seven leading consumer groups commented on The Treasury’s Reforms to the sale of add on insurance: Proposal Paper: Consumer Action Law Centre Financial Rights Legal Centre CHOICE Consume...
CommBank criminal charges reinforces need for urgent law reform
The Banking Royal Commission exposed the considerable harm caused by unsolicited selling of insurance products. Today one of Australia’s big four banks has been charged with 87 criminal counts of “haw...
Policy Officer (Indigenous Identified)
We have an opportunity for a Policy Officer (Indigenous Identified) to join an exciting integrated practice project between Consumer Action Law Centre and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. Ap...
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