February, 2016 - Consumer Action Law Centre

Stop selling junk – ASIC reports show how Australians are being dudded out of millions

Consumer Action Law Centre is calling on insurance and warranty companies to stop selling junk following the release of two damning ASIC reports. ASIC today released two reports examining add-on in...

Consumer Action responds: Parliamentary Inquiry into Retirement Housing

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 I...

Our finances are a mess – could behavioral science help clean them up?

Hal Hershfield, University of California, Los Angeles and Abigail Sussman, University of Chicago The first few months of a new year can be a stressful time financially. The Christmas holidays typic...

‘Debt vultures’ in the spotlight

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...

Unemployed and at risk: more help needed for those out of work

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 reach this group are b...

Submission to The Treasury on priorities for 2016-17 Federal Budget

Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action) welcomes the opportunity to provide input into The Treasury’s budget development for financial year 2016-17. The stated aim of the Government in inviting s...

Good communication the key to successful electricity tariff reform: Gerard Brody

In response to "Andrews Government accused of killing $1.6b benefit of tariff changes" (3/2/2016) in the Australian Financial Review: Claims that the Victorian Andrews Government’s ‘backing away’ f...

Victorian Mum takes on consumer rental company Flexirent and wins

A Victorian Mum of four has won a settlement of nearly $4000 after she took legal action against Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the ASX listed company FlexiGroup Limited. Michelle T...

Draft Life Insurance Code of Practice

Joint submission with Financial Rights Legal Centre and Financial Counselling Australia to the draft Life Insurance Code of Practice. Read the full report here [PDF]...

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Stop selling junk – ASIC reports show how Australians are being dudded out of millions

Consumer Action responds: Parliamentary Inquiry into Retirement Housing

Our finances are a mess – could behavioral science help clean them up?

‘Debt vultures’ in the spotlight

Unemployed and at risk: more help needed for those out of work

Submission to The Treasury on priorities for 2016-17 Federal Budget

Good communication the key to successful electricity tariff reform: Gerard Brody

Victorian Mum takes on consumer rental company Flexirent and wins

Draft Life Insurance Code of Practice

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