Payday lenders won't wear interest cap
The Queensland Government is considering a cap on interest chatrges on so-called pay day lending.
View ArticleFuel prices set to rise: ACCC
Australia's consumer watchdog says petrol prices are set to rise ahead of New Year's Eve.
View ArticleFill up early in the week: Consumer watchdog
Australia's consumer watchdog says petrol prices are set to rise ahead of New Year's Eve.
View ArticleSugar price rise 'should not hurt consumers'
The sugar lobby group Canegrowers says there is no need for consumers to be alarmed about the recent spike in the price of world sugar.
View ArticleStorm clients able to reject compo deals
Some former Storm Financial clients urged to reject compo offers from the Commonwealth Bank if they are not satisfied.
View ArticleLawlor reveals more about Qld insulation fallout
Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor has provided more details about Queensland's link to the federal insulation rebate scheme.
View ArticleSalespeople 'prey on Indigenous consumers'
A new report shows Indigenous consumers are being targeted by traveling salespeople and telemarketers preying on their lack of financial and legal knowledge.
View ArticleRemote Indigenous consumers ripped off
Kirrin McKechnie reports on calls to stop rogue operators targeting Aboriginal communities.
View ArticleStorm Financial claims settled by year's end: lawyers
The lawyers representing hundreds of investors from the 2008 Storm Financial collapse say all claims brought to them will be finalised before the end of the year.
View ArticleAction group backs banks' negotiations over Storm
The Storm Investor Consumer Action Group says it is happy more banks involved in the collapse of former Queensland-based company Storm Financial have started negotiating.
View ArticleFinancial Planning Association to fine ex-Storm director
Former Storm Financial director Emmanuel Cassimatis is to be expelled from the FPA and fined $20,000.
View ArticleClass action suit launched against soy milk distributor
A lawyer says 155 people have joined a class action against the Australian distributor of soy milk that allegedly contained dangerous levels of iodine.
View ArticleScam websites offering cheap airfares ripping off Queenslanders
Police are warning Queenslanders not to trust foreign websites offering cheap airfares.
View ArticleASIC considers Storm legal stoush
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will today announce whether it will take legal action on behalf of former clients of failed Queensland-based company Storm Financial.
View ArticleStorm Financial investors 'destitute'
The Storm Investors Consumer Action Group says most of the company's former clients are still financially destitute since its collapse two years ago.
View ArticlePolice warn against cyclone charity scams
Police say people donating to cyclone victims need to watch out for scammers, after the flood crisis sparked fraudulent appeals.
View Article'Homes will be finished' despite builder collapse
The Building Services Authority (BSA) says the far north Queensland company Glenwood Homes has become another victim of the global financial crisis.
View ArticleCreditors' meeting set for failed builder
Administrators for Glenwood Homes will hold a creditors' meeting in Townsville in north Queensland next week to deal with the collapse of the company.
View ArticleFailed builder faces liquidation prospect
The administrator for the collapsed north Queensland building company Glenwood Homes says it is likely the company will be put into liquidation.
View ArticleFailed builder's houses will be finished: BSA
The Building Services Authority (BSA) says work should restart next month on homes left unfinished by the collapse of a Cairns company in far north Queensland.
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