2026
27th Apr 2026

Upcoming State Election will be won on cost-of-living and fairer essential services for all says Consumer Action 

 A strong plan built on fairness for Victorians to weather day-to-day cost-of-living pressures will decide the upcoming Victorian State Election, says Consumer Action Law Centre CEO, Stephanie Tonkin....
24th Apr 2026

Strengthening Protections for Energy Consumers in Victoria

We welcome the opportunity to provide our submission with support from Westjustice and Mob Strong Debt Help, to the Essential Services Commission (ESC) in response to their consultation on Stage 2 of...
24th Apr 2026

We’re HIRING! A Digital Legal Resources Lead

Digital Legal Resources Lead Job description 2 years maximum term Full time (part time considered) $113,414.76 - $118,428.33 (depending on skills and experience), plus 14% superannua...
17th Apr 2026

Rogue lender Cigno and Directors fined $7 million at Federal Court

Consumer advocates have welcomed the decision by the Federal Court to fine Cigno Australia and its director Mark Swanepoel, and BSF Solutions and its director Brenton Harrison a combined penalty of $7...
17th Apr 2026

Improving life support processes: Draft determination

This is a joint submission with the Justice and Equity Centre (JEC), Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association (CPSA), Council on the Ageing (COTA), Ethnic Communities Council NSW (ECC) and...
17th Apr 2026

Independent Review of the Customer Owned Banking Association Code of Practice

This is a joint submission by CARE, CHOICE, Consumer Action Law Centre, Consumer Credit Legal Service Western Australia, Consumer Policy Research Centre, Each, Financial Counselling Australia, Financi...
13th Apr 2026

Victorian Default Offer 2026-27 draft decision

The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) leads this joint submission with Consumer Action Law Centre, community services sector organisations, and energy consumer advocates who welcome the draf...
30th Mar 2026

Wrong direction: Australians robbed of $2.2 billion in 2025 by scam-crime

More than $10 billion has been stolen in scams from Australians since 2020 -a deeply troubling statistic as victims continue to carry 95% of the losses, and 30% or more of victims don’t report their l...
27th Mar 2026

ACMA finally rejects self-regulatory telco Code, moves to direct regulation

The Fair Call Coalition has strongly welcomed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA's) decision to reject the draft Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code. For too long,...
23rd Mar 2026

ACMA Compliance and Enforcement Priorities 2026–27

This submission provides Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) feedback to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) consultation on its compliance and enforcement...