Category: Consumer Affairs

The Modern Consumer in 2015

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 imported from China. There are

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Shining the Spotlight: Online Consumerism

By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser In comparing health insurers, Choice obtains an extract of data used on www. privatehealth.gov.au and analyses over 25,000 health insurance policies, assigning them a percentage score based on

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Advisers' Reports

Consumer Affairs Adviser Report March 2014

By Val Cocksedge Financial institutions and telcos do not send emails requesting passwords account verification, credit details or other personal information by asking you to click on to a link.             ‘Protecting Your Identity’ is

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