Reviews
Consumer Protection produces and amends legislation, codes of practice, guidelines, and general consumer information. Where public comment is being invited, draft copies of the documents are placed on this page.
National reviews
An Australian Consumer Law: Fair Markets - Confident Consumers
Following a Productivity Commission review of Australia's consumer policy framework, all Australian governments agreed to a new consumer policy framework, comprising a single national consumer law and streamlined enforcement arrangements.
An Australian Consumer Law (PDF 790KB) will significantly enhance consumer protection, reduce regulatory complexity for businesses and encourage the development of a seamless national economy. Greater enforcement cooperation will mean that consumers will benefit from these laws through consistent national approaches to consumer problems.
The purpose of this consultation paper is to:
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explain how the national consumer law will be developed;
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explain the nature and scope of COAG’s agreed reforms to create the national consumer law and, in some limited circumstances, seek views on specific aspects of those reforms; and
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seek views and explore options for augmentations and modifications to existing generic consumer protections which are based on best practice in existing state and territory laws.
Interested parties are invited to submit comments in resonse to the Paper. While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please email responses in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.
All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment. A request made under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Commonwealth) for a submission marked 'confidential' to be made available will be determined in accordance with that Act.
Closing date for submissions: Submissions are now closed (17 March 2009). Update expected in July.
Western Australian Reviews
Current reviews
There are currently no reviews.
Recent reviews
- Associations Incorporations Act Review - closed in 2008
- Book up - Using informal credit to purchase goods and services - closed in 2008
Archived reports and discussion papers
For discussion papers that have passed their closing date, or for other reports, visit the report achive.
Submitting responses (to State consultations)
Comments to draft documents should be in writing and addressed to the nominated contact person at:
Consumer Protection
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