Joint Submission: Banking Code Compliance Committee – Basic Bank Accounts
This joint submission is provided on behalf of Consumer Action Law Centre, Mob Strong Debt Help, Financial Rights Legal Centre, ICAN, Mortgage Stress Victoria and Financial Counselling Australia. B...
Consumer advocates welcome report on the national scourge of lemon cars
Advocates across Australia are welcoming a new report today from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which points a lens at one of the nation’s most pervasive and troubling consu...
Consumer Action calls for strong -world beating- Scams Prevention Framework as draft codes land
Consumer Action Law Centre has welcomed the latest consultation on the Federal Government’s Scams Prevention Framework (SPF), announced Friday by Assistant Treasurer Dr Daniel Mulino MP, saying Austra...
Our impact in 2024-25: Fighting injustice and working for a fairer marketplace
We are delighted to present our Impact Report 2024-25 which highlights Consumer Action Law centre’s work over the past year working with consumers, community workers, national advocates and cross-sect...
OPINION: Meta gorges on scam victim profits
A version of this opinion piece appeared in the Sunday Herald Sun 23 November, 2025 I’ve talked a lot about banks’ central role in Australia’s scams crisis. However, the main beneficiaries of the e...
Landmark reforms to stop unfair trading and strengthen consumer guarantees
Consumer groups have welcomed the decision by Consumer Affairs Ministers to progress major reforms that will make unfair business practices illegal and introduce enforceable consumer guarantees, the m...
A surge in scams while our ‘world leading’ Scam Prevention Framework missing in action
New scam data released today from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reveals that Australians lost nearly $260 million in scams in the first nine months of 2025, a 16% increase...
Consumer Action welcomes preliminary findings from ASIC’s review of motor car finance
Consumer Action Law Centre has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) release today of initial findings from their review into motor vehicle financing, noting that the r...
