Consumers and community

The Treasury provides advice on Australia’s competition and consumer policy framework, social policy issues, health, housing, regulatory reform and labour market issues.

Consultations

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The government has committed to introduce new mandatory industry codes to outline the responsibilities of the private sector in relation to scam activity, with a focus on banks, digital…
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In 2019, Australia’s life insurance industry introduced a partial moratorium on the requirement to disclose genetic test results. The moratorium arose due to concerns that individuals would not…
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The current Charities (Definition of Government Entity) Instrument 2013 (the instrument) prescribes entities established under a law by a State or Territory, for the purposes of the definition…