Review of Provisions Relating to the Broadcast of Gambling and Betting Commercials and the Promotion of Odds in Live Sport in the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice

Submission to: Treasury
This joint consumer group submission responds to proposed legislation to include hardship flags in credit reports. We have long opposed this approach. The submission argues that proposed retention timeframes are too long, that hardship flags should only be visible to credit providers that are making responsible lending assessments and that hardship information should not be incorporated into credit scores.

Submission to: Attorney-General’s Department
Joint consumer group submission (led by Financial Rights Legal Centre) into the Privacy Act. The submission’s recommendations include a right to privacy, overhaul of notification and consent processes, higher privacy standards, a right to erasure, a statutory tort for breaches of privacy and specific protections for children.