ACCC’s recommendations must be implemented to avert insurance calamity after natural disasters
The Financial Rights Legal Centre urges the Australian Government to immediately act to implement the recommendations of the Northern Australia insurance inquiry to ensure Australians have access to affordable insurance and a fair outcomes on insurance claims in the aftermath of natural disasters.
Consumers warned to avoid Christmas debt
The Financial Rights Legal Centre and Mob Strong Debt Help are urging consumers to be careful if taking out loans or using buy now, pay later services (BNPL) to keep up with Christmas expenses.
Consumer groups on Banking Royal Commission reforms
Consumer groups welcome today’s passage of Royal Commission recommendations into law, but condemns the government for introducing the law to axe safe lending laws into the House.
Letter to editor: The case for repealing Australia’s safe lending laws is flimsy at best and is likely to cause real harm
Letter to AFR editor in response to editorial “Pull lending laws into line with ‘wagyu and shiraz'” which is factually inaccurate and grossly overstates the case for dismantling Australia’s world-leading safe lending regime.
Consumer groups call for radical overhaul of privacy laws
Consumer groups have called for a radical overhaul of privacy laws to provide greater protections for consumers to counterbalance the increased use and exploitation of big data by business and industry.
Bushfire Royal Commission does not go far enough in addressing insurers and bushfire mitigation
The Financial Rights Legal Centre is concerned that recommendations in the final report by the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements do not go far enough to address mitigation and the rising costs of insurance.
