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The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) has been reviewed and there will be changes to improve protection for consumers.
Consumer and Business Services is always looking at ways to better protect consumers and reduce red tape for business.
In addition to Mad March, this month we marked World Consumer Rights Day. The 2018 theme of 'Making digital marketplaces fairer' is very relevant to most consumers.
New laws will soon come into effect for property managers.
Changes to the laws include penalties that come into effect this April for people who steal from trust funds, and a requirement that all property managers are registered by September next year.
There will be improved protections for consumers, with national agreement to significantly increase penalties for businesses that mislead consumers or have poor business practices.
The operator of a national residential tenancies database has removed a series of outdated entries relating to South Australian tenants, after acknowledging the material may have breached the State’s residential tenancy laws.