OCBA - Consumer and Business Services

If it’s not right, use your rights
You don’t have to put up with faulty goods and services. “If it’s not right, use your rights”. Consumer and Business Services is supporting a national campaign by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Click here to find out more about your rights.

Top Twenty Names of 2011
You can search the Baby Names database to view the most popular names chosen from 1997 to 2011.

Don't be a jackass with jacks
Before doing DIY work on your vehicle this weekend, find out some helpful facts and tips. Click here for more information.

Your consumer rights in audio
Listen to a range of audio files, including radio interviews, examples of scammers in action, and some community announcements about the Do Not Call Register.

Out of Credit
The National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) working group commissioned a film and song entitled Out of Credit, targeting young Indigenous consumers about the perils associated with mobile phone contracts. The film is a resource that can be used in association with other educational materials concerning financial literacy and consumer related topics. You can listen to the song here or order a copy of the film here. You can view the film on the CBS YouTube channel here

New payment rules for the construction industry
The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 provides a new scheme to improve rights to payment in the building and construction industry. It is due to commence operation on 10 December 2011. You can read the new laws at www.legislation.sa.gov.au. Click here for more information.

Travelling con men
Each year, fair trading agencies across the country receive hundreds of reports about travelling con men ripping off consumers with cheap and dodgy home repairs. A new national strategy against travelling con men has been launched. Information from a national hotline will be fed directly to the taskforce for analysis and follow-up. So if you suspect that a tradesperson might be dodgy, then report them using the Report travelling con men form or ring the hotline: 1300 133 408. You can also watch a video here or visit the national Facebook page here.

Savvy Seniors
Savvy Seniors is the new consumer rights publication specifically for older South Australians. It has information about the Australian Consumer Law, about refund rights, guarantees, door-to-door sales, scams, ID fraud and much more. To have a copy posted out to you, go to the Order publications page and complete your address details.

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