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Title: Consumer information fact sheets - banking, problems with your loan, debt collection, the Local Court, bankruptcy Details »
Link: www.cclcnsw.org.au/content/view/90/61
Date: 2007

Title: Consumer rights and shopping Details »
Note: Guarantees, warranties and refunds, phones and telecommunications issues, debt collection, internet shopping, scams, pyramid schemes, credit cards, reward points and loyalty schemes, unsolicited goods, marketing, product safety, pricing.
Link: www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/ConsumerRightsA ...
Date: 2008

Title: Consumers - Office of Fair Trading - refunds and repairs, using credit, home shopping and scams. Details »
Link: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Consumers.html
Date: 2008

Title: Little black book of scams: a consumer's guide to scams, swindles rorts and rip offs. Details »
Link: www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=816453&nodeId ...
Date: 2008

Title: Motor vehicles - Office of Fair Trading Details »
Note: Covers buying a car, repairs, warranties, REVS, motor dealers.
Link: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Consumers/Motor_vehicles.html
Date: 2008

Title: Refunds: your consumer rights Details »
Link: www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=792149&nodeId ...
Date: June 2007

Title: Seniors guide: consumer information for older Australians Details »
Note: Covers buying and selling a house, a home unit, a caravan, and moving into a retirement village. It also deals with buying a car, shopping, travelling, finances, power of attorney, guardianship and preparing a will.
Link: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/f ...
Date: March 2008

Title: Warranties and services: your consumer rights Details »
Link: www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=792151&nodeId ...
Date: June 2007

Title: You can complain: a guide to solving problems with financial products and services Details »
Note: Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese
Date: July 2008

Title: Your money Details »
Note: Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Turkish Vietnamese
Date: June 2008

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Title: Consumers and money - Hot Topics series Details »
Note: Almost everybody in Australia these days has at least one or two financial products or services - you don’t need to have a lot of money. Since financial products and services are so widespread and involve people's money (often large amounts), it's important to understand how consumer protection works. This Hot Topic written by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, provides an essential guide to consumer protection laws and looks at areas such as credit, e-commerce, insurance, superannuation, costs and scams. It provides many practical tips on how to compare products, budgeting, and where to go for help.
Link: www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/liac/hot_topic/hottopic/2003/1/
Date: 2003
Where: At your public library

Title: Consumers. Chapter 11: The law handbook 10th edition - a Find Legal Answers Tool Kit book Details »
Note: Provides plain language information about consumer protection laws including unjust contracts, misleading and unconscionable conduct, substandard goods and services, goods that cause injury or damage, buying a motor vehicle, consumer protection, resolving disputes, government bodies, the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal, taking legal action, uncollected goods, bag searches and harassment. Health consumer issues, Health Care Complaints Commission, consent to treatment, medical negligence and making complaints.
Date: 2007
Where: At your public library

Title: Mad choices: the indigenous youth guide to getting a fair go Details »
Note: A plain language guide to consumer information such as credit, loans, mobile phones, buying a car and tenancy matters aimed at young indigenous people. Includes location details of Aboriginal Customer Service Officers in Fair Trading centres.
Link: www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/I ...
Date: August 2007
Where: At your public library

Title: Older people and the law - a Legal Tool Kit book Details »
Link: www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/Lawlink/Corporate/ll_corporate.n ...
Date: 2005
Where: At your public library

Title: What to do in money troubles: a guide to consumer rights for people in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales Details »
Note: A plain language guide to consumer rights for people in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. It explains how to find help with problems such as banking, loans and debts, tenancy matters, cars, shopping, mobile phones, insurance and fines. Free for public libraries (orders of more than 3 copies may incur a postage charge).
Link: www.illawarralegalcentre.org.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx ...
Date: 2003
Where: At your public library

Title: Working the system: a guide for citizens, consumers and communities. 2nd edition - a Find Legal Answers Tool Kit book Details »
Author: Duffy, Beverley
Note: A guide to help people negotiate their way through the bureaucratic, legal and parliamentary maze. Covers areas such as freedom of information, complaints to the ombudsman, tribunals and alternative dispute resolution. It includes useful background information, case studies, tips and strategies for negotiation and complaints.
Date: 2003
Where: At your public library

Legal texts

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Title: Australian business law 27th edition - printed book in LIAC libraries Details »
Author: Latimer, Paul
Note: Updated annually, usually available in January of each year. Comprehensive coverage of Australian business law including an overview of the legal system, crime in the business world including white-collar crime, land and property law, intellectual property, including copyright, designs, patents and trademarks, negligence, contracts, consumer law including trade practices and consumer credit, business organisations, partnerships, agency law, finance and bankruptcy law, banking and insurance. Includes a chapter on electronic commerce. All chapters include useful case summaries and legislation and caselaw references
Date: 2008
Where: At your closest LIAC library

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