For advice on these issues, contact your local Community Legal Centre
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The Australian Press Council was established in 1976 and is responsible for promoting good standards of media practice, community access to information of public interest, and freedom of expression through the media. The Council is the principal body with responsibility for responding to complaints about Australian newspapers, magazines and associated digital outlets.
Web Address: http://www.presscouncil.org.au/
Also in: Consumer Law , Other Legal Issues
A guide to assist businesses, legal practitioners and consumer advocates understand the laws by explaining the unfair contract terms laws as simply as possible. The guide has been developed jointly by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the state and territory consumer protection agencies.
Organisation Address: 70 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Phone: (03) 6215 9333
Web Address: https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/a-guide-to-the-unfair-contract-terms-law
Link Owner: Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Also in: Consumer Law
Credit is money you borrow from a financial institution like a bank or credit union, to spend the way you want. However, credit isn’t your personal money tree growing in the backyard. Any credit you use is a debt that must be paid back to the credit provider – usually with extra costs on top of the amount you borrowed
Organisation Address: 2/66-70 Collins St, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: 1300 300 630
Web Address: https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/life-events-and-you/under-25s/credit-and-debt
Link Owner: Australian Securities & Investments Commission
Also in: Debt
The Financial Ombudsman Service provides accessible, fair and independent dispute resolution for consumers and financial services providers.
Web Address: http://www.fos.org.au/
Also in: Advocacy , Consumer Law , Counselling and support , Finance
There are different types of loans to cover different situations.
Phone: 1800 682 468
Web Address: http://girlsgottaknow.com.au/money/managing-your-money/loans/
Link Owner: Girls gotta know
Also in: Finance , Work & Workers
Launceston Community Legal Centre provides legal information, advice and representation to people in the greater Launceston region, primarily in relation to welfare rights, disability discrimination, employment and family law.
Web Address: http://www.lclc.net.au
Also in: Discrimination , Family & Relationships , Workers' Compensation , Workplace accidents
Types of Warranties
Organisation Address: 110 Collins St, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia
Phone: 1300 135 513
Web Address: http://www.consumer.tas.gov.au/fair_trading/warranties
Link Owner: Department of Justice
Also in: Warranties
Founded in 1903, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is the retail industry’s peak representative body representing Australia’s more than $300 billion sector, which employs more than 1.2 million people.
Web Address: http://retail.org.au/
Also in: Advocacy , Consumer Law
The Product Safety Australia national education campaign.
Phone: 1300 135 513
Web Address: http://www.consumer.tas.gov.au/product_safety#reportproduct
Link Owner: Department of Justice
Also in: Consumer Law
If you’ve been paid a pension, benefit or allowance to which you are not entitled (or receive more than you’re entitled to), you may owe a debt to the Commonwealth government. What can you do about it?
Web Address: https://www.hobartlegal.org.au/handbook/income-and-government-assistance/social-security/income-tax-and-overpayments/
Link Owner: Hobart Community Legal Service
Also in: Debt , Income & Government Assistance
