2005 Archive

December

• 26/12/2005 - Scam money helps feed Perth’s needy
• 26/12/2005 - The season for giving – and taking things back
• 21/12/2005 - Discount claims attract Consumer Watchdog
• 21/12/2005 - Fuel rebel fined
• 20/12/2005 - Beware of costly calls in the middle of the night
• 16/12/2005 - Hazardous substances safety campaign targets boat builders and repairers
• 13/12/2005 - Don't Miss Out - Nominate Today Consumer Protection Awards 2005
• 08/12/2005 - Inspection program to ensure machines are guarded
• 06/12/2005 - Flammable Christmas candleholders and table arrangements endanger consumers
• 01/12/2005 - Rip off roof painters on their way back to WA

November

• 30/11/2005 - Paul's Patios Prosecution
• 25/11/2005 - Acclaimed director to judge Buy My Duck! competition
• 25/11/2005 - Cyclone contingency plans should be in place
• 22/11/2005 - Fish substitution sees restaurant prosecuted
• 21/11/2005 - Rock lobster inspection program a great success
• 21/11/2005 - Unlicensed motor vehicle dealer re-sentenced and fined - Musa Sabeeh Al-Samahi
• 18/11/2005 - BP Mount Lawley guilty
• 16/11/2005 - Demolition company fined for unsafe workplace
• 14/11/2005 - National farm machinery inspection program progresses
• 11/11/2005 - Avoid Online and 1300 Loan Brokers - T & C Finance
• 11/11/2005 - Restraining orders granted against fuel rebels - Stinton - BP Mount Lawley
• 10/11/2005 - Rogue fuel sellers may face restraining orders - Paul and Christine Stinton - BP Mount Lawley
• 09/11/2005 - Model photographers still not picture perfect -  Renee-Peter and Katherina Isobell HOLZ
• 07/11/2005 - Bill Hassett is our dangerous goods safe driver of the year
• 07/11/2005 - Football furore ends in prosecution - Giovanni Scuito - La Fiamma Sporting Club Inc
• 03/11/2005 - Fraudsters recruiting email money mules - Nations Welfare Foundation
• 01/11/2005 - Dangerous Yo-Yo Balls may still be on sale - Sellers risk prosecution – consumers can get refunds

October

• 28/10/2005 - Another fire wood merchant fined over short weight - Scott STYLES
• 28/10/2005 - Supreme Court orders that landlord be restrained - Rolf Gerard Voulon
• 27/10/2005 - WorkSafe Order Breach Results in Fine for Orchard Owner
• 27/10/2005 - Small businesses plagued by unsolicited offers - Internet Domain Names
• 26/10/2005 - 7 Day trading ends in Albany - Farm Fresh Food Market
• 25/10/2005 - Fighting back against rip off 190 services - Consumer First Pty Ltd
• 25/10/2005 - WorkSafe Forum sets its sights on workplace safety
• 21/10/2005 - Flash new approach to young consumers
• 19/10/2005 - National Maths Academy - a scam you can count on - Ramon Keshow and Sushila Devi
• 18/10/2005 - Warning on harvest time dangers 
• 18/10/2005 - West Australian newspapers fined for unsafe workplace
• 17/10/2005 - Air conditioning sellers anything but cool
• 12/10/2005 - Essential reading In Minesafe magazine
• 11/10/2005 - Big fines focus on photographic and modelling scammers
• 06/10/2005 - Mines safety goes on the road – and it’s coming your way!

September

• 29/09/2005 - Banned toys found at Perth Royal Show
• 23/09/2005 - Unlicensed motor vehicle dealer fined - Rahman Abbas
• 21/09/2005 - Airplane pyramid scheme takes off again
• 20/09/2005 - Debt collector fined for unlawful fee
• 20/09/2005 - Fine leads to reminder on training and safe use of overhead cranes
• 20/09/2005 - Plumbing and drainage company fined for unsafe excavation
• 19/09/2005 - Unlicensed motor vehicle dealer pleads guilty
• 16/09/2005 - Discredited British property promoter targets WA
• 16/09/2005 - David Rhodes chain letter warning
• 15/09/2005 - Supreme Court acts to stop discredited model promoter
• 14/09/2005 - Inspection program due prior to rock lobster season
• 12/09/2005 - First aid kits seller guilty of misrepresentation
• 09/09/2005 - Coca Cola Company fined $40,000 for unsafe workplace
• 08/09/2005 - Queen's Birthday public holiday confirmation
• 05/09/2005 - First conviction for lack of fatigue management plan
• 05/09/2005 - Public comment sought on workplace violence and bullying
• 02/09/2005 - Dealer caught - Goldfields Toyota
• 01/09/2005 - Misleading model promoters face further fines - Peter and Katharina Holz guilty of misleading Perth teens
• 01/09/2005 - Harvey Norman Sunday trading case closed

August

• 30/08/2005 - Failure To Comply With Worksafe Notices Leads To Fine
• 26/08/2005 - More Unsafe Portable Generators Banned
• 26/08/2005 - Northam roadblocks catch lawbreakers
• 26/08/2005 - Another DIY plumber convicted - Anthony Reginald PILLINGER
• 22/08/2005 - Commissioner rocks the boat - South Australian Travel Centres Pty Ltd
• 22/08/2005 - DIY plumbing earns landlord a conviction - John Mason
• 18/08/2005 - Sunday trading pair fined
• 16/08/2005 - New training requirements for plumbers
• 12/08/2005 - Landlord fined a record $44,000
• 10/08/2005 - Court case leads to reminder on providing a safe workplace
• 10/08/2005 - Top plumbers sought for $2,500 prize
• 10/08/2005 - New 'psychic' scam announced
• 05/08/2005 - Musical birthday candles could incinerate homes
• 04/08/2005 - Free small business assistance comes to the Pilbara
• 03/08/2005 - Cheque swindle warning
• 03/08/2005 - National farm equipment safety checks underway soon
• 02/08/2005 - Disgraced finance broker wound up

July

• 29/07/2005 - Court case leads to reminder on providing a safe workplace Red Rooster Foods Pty. Ltd.
• 29/07/2005 - Latest MineSafe essential reading for miners
• 29/07/2005 - Port Hedland and Broome roadblocks catch lawbreakers
• 28/07/2005 - Energy Safety launches prosecution of Western Power over Tenterden fire
• 22/07/2005 - Dodgy leather jackets
• 20/07/2005 - Reminder on Q fever vaccinations
• 05/07/2005 - Fatality at Wiluna gold mine
• 01/07/2005 - Last call: Cat Fanciers and Lazy Men
• 01/07/2005 - Unlicensed vehicle dealer prosecuted Victor WASYLEWSKI

June

• 29/06/2005 - Court case leads to reminder on preventing falls
• 28/06/2005 - Serial offending landlord guilty - Rolf Voulon - Temple of Bel Pty Ltd
• 17/06/2005 - Harvey Norman stores fined - 71 guilty of Retail Trading Hours Act offences
• 16/06/2005 - Holz photographers restrained - Model pair could face jail if undertaking broken
• 16/06/2005 - Court case leads to reminder on safe workplaces
• 15/06/2005 - Public comment sought on working hours
• 14/06/2005 - Dodgy air-conditioning company gets customers hot under the collar
• 08/06/2005 - Electronics store that defied trading hours laws fined
• 03/06/2005 - Court case leads to reminder on new and young workers – Dummett Enterprises Pty Ltd and Galtis Pty Ltd

May

• 31/05/2005 - Bogus bank email warning
• 27/05/2005 - Don’t get burned by dodgy firewood suppliers
• 25/05/2005 - Beware of itinerant traders cashing in on storm
• 24/05/2005 - Online money making scheme - second wave
• 23/05/2005 - Commissioner takes on tenancy lawsuit by standing in student’s shoes - Robic / Voulon
• 20/05/2005 - Karratha hosts workplace safety forums
• 20/05/2005 - Reminder that seeding season can be hazardous
• 16/05/2005 - Misleading model promoters face further court injunction
• 13/05/2005 - Qld death prompts reminder on children in workplaces
• 09/05/2005 - Settlement agent fined for illegal payments
• 09/05/2005 - i-Net Seminars Imergent Inc – Consumer warning
• 04/05/2005 - Dodgy limestone dealers a consumer danger
• 04/05/2005 - Dial 190 for big phone bills

April

• 22/04/2005 - Unsafe portable generators banned
• 21/04/2005 - Concern grows over landscaper
• 13/04/2005 - Mid-West and Pilbara to get safety forums
• 08/04/2005 - Supreme Court Rules on Harvey Norman - Retail Trading Hours Breached
• 07/04/2005 - Fine leads to reminder on reporting of injuries
• 07/04/2005 - Debt reduction program incurs fine
• 07/04/2005 - Fine leads to warning on fall protection
• 06/04/2005 - Motor vehicle dealer prosecuted
• 04/04/2005 - Basketball hoops warning
• 04/04/2005 - Call for public information from indigenous consumers

March

• 31/03/2005 - Wine industry under the spotlight
• 23/03/2005 - Farm safety strategy gets positive response
• 21/03/2005 - Reminder on training for tilt-up workers
• 18/03/2005 - Action ‘takes the cake’
• 14/03/2005 - High cost phone competition to win a Lotus car
• 11/03/2005 - Appeal lost by model photographer
• 03/03/2005 - Read Motor Vehicle Contracts Carefully
• 03/03/2005 - Consumers receive refunds from Bayswater Car Rental

February

• 25/02/2005 - Property investment touters  a danger to consumers
• 25/02/2005 - Net out for pest control scammers
• 24/02/2005 - Further fatigue roadblocks catch more lawbreakers
• 23/02/2005 - Reminder issued on lockout and tagging of machinery
• 21/02/2005 - Fax back rip off in new disguise
• 18/02/2005 - David Rhodes chain letter to fund disaster victims
• 17/02/2005 - Short measuring lands duo in the manure
• 15/02/2005 - National blitz finds high risk of falls in construction
• 15/02/2005 - Thousands of seized scam letters destroyed
• 14/02/2005 - Fine draws warning on falls safety
• 11/02/2005 - Fatigue roadblocks catch lawbreakers
• 11/02/2005 - Fine leads to warning on machinery guarding
• 10/02/2005 - Markets targeted for projectile toys
• 08/02/2005 - Dismissal no victory for unlicensed car dealer
• 02/02/2005 - Fire wood scammer found guilty and fined
• 02/02/2005 - Itinerants who fleeced pensioners fined

January

• 27/01/2005 - Extra $2,000 for first time homebuyers
• 25/01/2005 - Fatal fall prompts safety reminder
• 25/01/2005 - Wesfarmers Kleenheat gas - Guilty of Underweight Gas Bottles
• 21/01/2005 - Real estate industry regulator’s top job filled
• 19/01/2005 - Energy Safety prosecutes Western Power over children’s deaths
• 18/01/2005 - Fine draws warning on safety
• 18/01/2005 - Queensland fraudsters may now be invading WA
• 17/01/2005 - Lightning can be a killer
• 17/01/2005 - City Finance (WA) Pty Ltd guilty
• 14/01/2005 - Bogus seminar baffles burswood
• 11/01/2005 - Regional WA being targeted by scam advertising
• 06/01/2005 - Advice and Assistance for Flood Relief Collectors
• 06/01/2005 - New tilt-up laws to protect workers
• 04/01/2005 - Criminals may be trying to cash in on tsunami crisis