The centre will bring together the expertise and resources to disrupt scammers making contact with Australians.
The centre will also raise consumer awareness about how to avoid scams, and link scam victims to services where they have lost money or had their identity compromised.
Our Parents and guardians survey reports that parents and guardians are delaying their return to work due to a lack of childcare. Some parents and guardians are also struggling with ‘extremely expensive’ fees.
Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, our latest Targeting Scams report has revealed.
The Reject Shop and Dusk have paid a total of nearly $240,000 after supplying Halloween products containing potentially lethal button batteries.
An alliance between Virgin Australian Airlines and Alliance Aviation Services has been denied re-authorisation. The alliance was to supply charter services to corporate customers and fly-in fly-out employees
“We prioritise the issues impacting the Australian economy, consumers and businesses in Australia.”
Our priorities
Consumers are now, more than ever, making purchasing decisions on environmental grounds. We'll be investigating a number of businesses for making potentially false or misleading environmental claims.
The expansion of digital platforms in Australia has brought benefits, but also created risks and harms that our current consumer and competition laws are not always able to address. We're examining these issues as part of inquiries we conduct and law enforcement cases.
With more Australians choosing to shop online, consumers often rely on reviews and testimonials when making purchases. We're conducting a sweep to identify misleading testimonials and endorsements by social media influencers.
Work on some of the biggest issues facing consumers and businesses.
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