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dc.contributor.authorHowell, Nicola
dc.contributor.editorRay Steinwall
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T06:25:29Z
dc.date.available2018-10-11T06:25:29Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2007-03-19T21:42:41Z
dc.identifier.issn10395598
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/4666
dc.description.abstractIn October 2004, the Productivity Commission released a Discussion Draft of its review of the National Competition Policy Reforms. While this discussion draft is largely focused on competition and economic outcomes, it also includes a draft proposal for a national review of consumer protection policy and administration in Australia. The writer argues that such a review is long overdue. The consumer protection provisions of the TPA have not been subject to a comprehensive review in 30 years, and there is a risk that they are failing to keep up with changes in consumer markets, developments in other countries and in the States and Territories, and a more sophisticated understanding of consumer behaviour. However, the Productivity Commission’s proposal appears to be pre-occupied with consumer policy as a subset of competition policy. Instead, the writer suggests that if consumers are to obtain the full benefits of a review, that review must treat consumer policy as a high level policy goal in its own right, recognise the limitations of competition theory and practice in protecting consumers, especially those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, and be supported by leadership from the Commonwealth Government.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLexisNexis
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.lexisnexis.com.au/en/products-and-services/lexisnexis-journals/competition-and-consumer-law-journal
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom294
dc.relation.ispartofpageto304
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCompetition & Consumer Law Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume12
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleSearching for a National Consumer Policy Reform Program?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyright© 2005 Lexis Nexis Australia. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2005
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gro.griffith.authorHowell, Nicola


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