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Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Media release: ‘Shonky’ brokers stopped from slipping through the cracks

Consumer Action has welcomed the efforts of the Coalition and Greens in working with the Victorian Government to make amendments to a Bill to ensure consumers won’t fall victim to ‘shonky’ brokers bec...
March 26, 2010

Media release: Insurance industry tells B.R.C disaster relief is bad for business

More than a year after the Black Saturday bushfires devastated Victoria, a submission to the Bushfires Royal Commission on behalf of the Insurance Council of Australia has complained that post-disaste...
March 17, 2010

Media release: Parents need to learn more before they sign up for educational software

We all think we could resist the slick spiel of the in-home salesman, so why is it that so many people end up saying ‘yes’. Now researchers, lead by Dr Paul Harrison from Deakin University, have answe...
March 15, 2010

Submission: Financial Services Working Group – Corporations Amendment Regulations 2009

Consumer Action is a strong supporter of the objectives of the Financial Services Working Group in endeavouring to make financial services product disclosure simpler and more meaningful for consumers,...
March 5, 2010

Policy report: An analysis of the psychology of in-home sales of educational software

Consumer Action in conjunction with Dr Paul Harrison, Centre for Sustainable and Responsible Organisations, Deakin University, Marta Massi, School of Marketing and Communication, Lumsa University (Rom...
March 1, 2010

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