South Australian consumers will be better protected under new fair trading legislation.
The Fair Trading (Gift Cards) Amendment Bill 2018 and the Fair Trading (Ticket Scalping) Amendment Bill 2018 have now passed in parliament and provide greater consumer protections around ticket...
A 24 year old man has been fined $10,000 for carrying on business as a building work contractor without holding a licence and accepting payment for work that he never completed.
South Australia’s consumer watchdog has begun a campaign aimed at encouraging people in the real estate sector and consumers to report any cases of underquoting within the industry.
Consumer protection agencies from across Australia have joined forces to launch the National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) Action Plan 2017–2019.
On Tuesday, 4 September, Treasurer Rob Lucas delivered the 2018-19 State Budget, which included measures aimed at delivering a more effective approach to gambling regulation in South Australia.
Under initiatives announced in the State Budget, the Government intends to dissolve the...
A tiling company has been fined more than $11,000 for providing three clients with substandard renovations and for undertaking work it was not properly licenced to do.
Best Tiling and Renovations Pty Ltd and its sole director Mr Branislav Zivlak last week pleaded guilty in the Adelaide...
A “greedy” unlicensed builder who gambled away money paid by clients and left a trail of substandard or incomplete work in his wake has been fined $175,000 in the Adelaide Magistrates Court for breaches of consumer protection laws.
Nearly 100 imported eyeliner bottles potentially containing dangerous levels of lead have been removed from South Australian shelves following action from Consumer and Business Services.
Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Dini Soulio said Consumer and Business Services responded quickly to...