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| Community Information and Services/Financial/Consumer Protection| Consumer protection resources across Australia |
 Bailiff Australia, Queensland [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Bailiff/Sheriff website was developed to assist the individual and small business operator with information in relation to the services offered by the Bailiff's Offices and Sheriffs Offices of Queensland. This site is not designed to provide legal advice or opinion, but may be used in conjunction with legal advice obtained from your own legal advisor. | | Author | Bailiff Sheriff Australia |
| Bailiff Sheriff Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Bailiff-Sheriff Australia has been developed as an online initiative to provide various groups and individuals easy access to a comprehensive selection of information specifically relating to the services provided by the Bailiff's and Sheriff's offices around Australia and New Zealand.
This site is not designed to provide legal advice, or legal opinion, but may be used in conjunction with legal advice obtained from your own particular legal adviser. |
| Bailiffs Office Brisbane Magistrates Court [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Bailiffs Office Brisbane Magistrates Court is the generic name given to the Administrative Office of a Collective of Appointed Bailiffs servicing the Greater Brisbane Area, including a number of suburban Court Houses. The Bailiffs Office is situated in the area of the Civil Registry but is not a part of the registry or the Magistrates Court.
A Bailiff will be on duty at the Bailiffs Office during the operating hours of the Civil Court registry (9.00am - 4pm) to assist the general public, business community, Government Departments and the Legal Profession with enquiries regarding services and duties of the Bailiff and service and enforcement of Civil Process.
Currently the Bailiffs Office Brisbane has 6 Enforcement Officers, servicing the greater Brisbane Area and on any day has 5 Officers effecting service and execution of process in any of 13 Magistrates Court Districts.
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| Commonwealth Ombudsman [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Ombudsman's Office offers a wide variety of dispute resolution and complaint schemes, which assist consumers to settle their differences with suppliers of goods and services informally and quickly. In addition, a number of industry ombudsmen have been appointed, to deal with issues relating to industries including telecommunications, energy, banking and insurance. | | Author | Australian Government - Commonwealth Ombudsman |
| Complaint line [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Complaint line is a web site for Australian consumers that sets out to encourage better complaints handling by businesses and organisations. There is information on where to go to find assistance, sample letters, a list of services and professions about which a complaints may need to be made with suggestions on how to proceed, and details of dispute resolution schemes. | | Author | Commercial Organisation - Scott Concepts |
| Consumer Protection, Western Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Consumer Protection is a division of the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection (DOCEP), the State Government department responsible for providing services relating to consumer protection, labour relations, and occupational safety and health. | | Author | State Government - Western Australian Department of Consumer and Employment Protection |
| Consumers' Telecommunications Network [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) is a national coalition of consumer and community organisations that promotes better access, quality of service and affordability of telecommunications services for residential consumers. CTN's members include national and state organisations representing consumers from non-English speaking backgrounds, Deaf consumers, indigenous people, low income consumers, people with disabilities, pensioners and superannuants, rural and remote consumers, women and consumers in general. | | Author | Community Organisation - Consumers' Telecommunications Network |
| Dealing with book up: a guide [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | 'Dealing with book up: a guide' is a comprehensive resource for anyone working on developing responses to 'book up' in Indigenous communities including government agencies, community leaders, non-government organisations, financial counsellors, community legal workers or private businesses. | | Author | Australian Government - Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| Door-to-door & home maintenance scams | | Description | Door-to-door sales can promote home maintenance services, such as pest control, home or garden maintenance, and even utilities like electricity and telephone services. Many legitimate business sell things by going door-to-door, however some scammers also use this approach. | | Author | Australian Government - Australian Competition & Consumer Commission |
| Financial and Consumer Rights Council, Victoria [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Financial and Consumer Rights Council (FCRC) is a non-profit, membership-based organisation which works to ensure that all people, particularly low income and vulnerable consumers, have access to fair treatment as consumers in the market place. FCRC is the peak body for Financial Counselling and Consumer Support services in Victoria. | | Author | Peak Body - The Financial and Consumer Rights Council | | Language | English | | Country | Australi |
| Money Stuff | | Description | "Money Stuff is a Web site for young people about buying stuff and renting." | | Author | State Government - NSW Department of Fair Trading |
| NSW Ombudsman [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The NSW Ombudsman is an independent and impartial watchdog. Our job is to make sure that the agencies we watch over fulfil their functions properly and improve their delivery of services to the public. We help agencies to be aware of their responsibilities to the public, to act reasonably and to comply with the law and best practice in administration. | | Author | State Government - NSW Ombudsman |
| Office of Fair Trading, ACT [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "The Office of Fair Trading exists to promote fair trading in the ACT. Whether you are a consumer or a business, we are here to help you. We seek to help you by maintaining and developing laws which promote our goal and by providing accessible advisory services and education programs." | | Author | State Government - ACT Office of Fair Trading |
| Office of Fair Trading, Queensland [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | The Office of Fair Trading promotes the existence of a fair and ethical marketplace within the community. In creating an equitable, informed, and safe marketplace, Fair Trading works to increase business and consumer confidence. Information is provided for Consumers, Teachers, Businesses, charities, associations and cooperatives. | | Author | State Government - Queensland Office of Fair Trading |
| Scamwatch [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Scamwatch is an Australian government web site that informs people about scams - that is means of depriving you of your money, giving you nothing or little of value in return. This web site alerts people to the dangers of becoming involved in scams such as pyramid schemes, door-to-door sales, investments and self-employment. It offers advice on what to look for and questions to ask if you are suspicious of a scam, and includes contact details for organisations in each State that can assist you. | | Author | Australian Government - Australian Competition & Consumer Commission |
| Telstra's Consumer Councils [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | Telstra's Consumer Consultative Councils work closely with community group leaders, deal with a very wide range of issues, from concerns of specific customer groups to questions of industry-wide policy. The Telstra Consumer Consultative Council deals with national telecommunications issues as well as regional policy, planning and service provision matters. | | Author | Commercial Organisation - Telstra |
| Uniform Consumer Credit Code [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | "The Uniform Consumer Credit Code was developed as a national initiative to standardise credit practice in Australia. If you buy goods, services or land now and pay a charge for them later, then you are being provided with credit. You may have borrowed money from a bank, paid for the goods on a credit card or simply owe money to a business. If you pay a business for credit and use it mainly for personal, household or domestic purposes, the new Consumer Credit Code will affect you." | | Author | Australian Government - Government Consumer Agencies |
| WorkSafe, Western Australia [YOU WILL NOW LEAVE THE community.gov.au WEBSITE] | | Description | WorkSafe is a division of the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, the state government agency in Western Australia responsible for the administration of work safety and health laws. WorkSafe undertakes a wide range of regulatory activities as well as industry and community awareness programs. | | Author | State Government - Western Australian Department of Consumer and Employment Protection |
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