Advisers' Reports
NCWQ Consumer Affairs Report February 2019
NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser, Val Cocksedge, shares some insights and tips.
March 31, 2019
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NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser, Val Cocksedge, shares some insights and tips.
By Val Cocksedge, OAM NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser From February 2019, energy retailers will be required to give customers five days advance notice of price changes in their energy contract.
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Australia’s first national government-ordered recall focused on potentially fatal airbags installed in more than 1 million cars in Australia. Instead of deploying normally
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is promoting a free search tool intended to re-unite $1.1billion in unclaimed money with its owners.
By Georgina Pickers, NCWQ Adviser A recent forum organised and sponsored by the Queensland Justices Association and the Logan City Council was held in Logan city, one of the most
By Georgina Pickers, NCWQ Adviser The Queensland Government is planning to introduce digital metering across Queensland on 01 December 2017. The technology will eventually replace the old ‘disk type’ meters
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) urged businesses to adopt the new industry code designed to reduce the number of deaths and
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Currently, around a quarter of consumers entitled to Compensation as a result of bad advice on investments, life insurance and superannuation have
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Clearing land for palm oil plantations has resulted in mass de-afforestation, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, where more than 80% of the world’s
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Consumers have been alerted to the risks of consuming imported frozen fruit. Authorities have named brands of frozen fruit products which have been