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- Delivering a New Consumer Law for Australia
issued 4 December by the Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP - Know Your Rights before Returning Defective Goods and Purchasing Extended Warranties
issued 26 July by the Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP - Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 – Second reading speech
issued 24 June by the Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP - One National Consumer Law for Australia
issued 24 June 2009 by the Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP - The National Unfair Contract Terms Law
issued 5 June 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Next Step Towards a National Product Safety Framework
issued 12 May 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen announces Budget funding towards implementing and administering the new national consumer product safety framework
issued 12 May 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen releases draft national unfair contracts terms provisions for public comment
issued 11 May 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen welcomes progress on reforms that will see an Australian Consumer Law in place by the end of 2010
issued 8 May 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen releases a discussion paper on the direction of consumer advocacy and research in Australia's new consumer policy framework
issued 8 May 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen confirms that consumers and regulators will be able to challenge unfair terms in standard-form contracts
issued 19 April 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - Review of Statutory Warranties and Conditions
issued 12 March 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - 'Fair Markets for Confident Consumers: Delivering an Australian Consumer Law' - Keynote address to the National Consumer Congress
issued 12 March by the Assistant Treasurer - Minister Bowen launches an information and consultation paper on the new Australian Consumer Law
issued 17 February 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer - 'Australian Consumer Law: The Future' - Address to the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies
issued 17 February by the Assistant Treasurer - COAG agrees to a new consumer policy framework for Australia [RTF 149KB]
issued 2 October 2008 by Council of Australian Governments - MCCA agrees to reform proposals to enhance Australia's consumer policy framework [RTF 72KB]
issued 15 August 2008 by Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs - Minister Bowen welcomes release of the Productivity Commission's final report of the review of Australia's consumer policy framework
issued 8 May 2008 by the Assistant Treasurer
