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	Australian Consumers Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1959 to research and advocate on behalf of Australian consumers, similar to Consumer Reports in the United States.
		The ACA has its headquarters in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia.
		The ACA tests and compares different consumer products and services and reports their findings in CHOICE Magazine and numerous other consumer-oriented books and periodicals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Consumers_Association (98 words)

	[Ecommerce] Australia: ACA Hague commments
		The ACA, established in 1959, as a fully independent consumer organisation, is known throughout Australia as the publisher of CHOICE magazine as well as for its advocacy on behalf of consumers.
		If Australian businesses, large and small, want to do business with other countries, then they need to understand, with the help of their industry associations, what consumer protections are available to the consumers in that country.
		It is quite unreasonable to assume that consumers want to spend their time on the Web trying to determine whether or not they will have consumer protections, or even for that matter researching the plethora of seal programs that have now materialised to try and figure out if the business is bona fide.
	lists.essential.org /pipermail/ecommerce/2001q1/000425.html (1615 words)

	JSCOT-195 - The Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Consumers’ behaviour with regard to intellectual property cannot be examined in isolation from the general consumer entertainment, recreational, and cultural markets.
		Consumers who have their players modified to be multi-zone players are currently caught in a grey area.
		ACA considers that it is important to distinguish between personal or consumer copying and systematic commercial fraud or counterfeiting.
	www.oic.org /M/A/FTA/JSCOT/195.htm (6969 words)

	Longman Business Community - Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Consumers&rsquo; Associations are not restricted to the rich countries of the world.
		The Consumers&rsquo; Association of Penang, Malaysia, states its objectives as: To ensure the right of every consumer to basic needs such as food, housing, health care, sanitation, public transport, education and a clean environment.
		Consumers should use their power in the market to drive out abuses, to encourage ethical practices and support sustainable consumption and production.
	www.longman.com /business/students/company_which.html (753 words)

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		Consumers do not wish to be inundated with trivial requests for consent any more than they wanted to be drowned in a sea of privacy notices.
		While the ACA is sympathetic to any dispute resolution system that settles matters quickly and fairly in an informal and non-legalistic way, we are only supportive to the extent that it actually works and is seen to work.
		The capacity of the NPPs to protect consumer privacy in health use of ‘de-identified data’ In recent research the OFPC found that two thirds of the 1500 people they surveyed said that a person’s permission should be sought before de-identified data about them was used for research purposes.
	www.privacy.gov.au /act/review/revsub15.doc (7947 words)

	Australian Consumers Association Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I write on behalf of the Australian Consumers’ Association to express our grave concern at the evolution of the negotiations in Geneva on access to medicines.
		Apart from the substantive issue involving the welfare of millions, the negotiations seem to be proceeding to an outcome that may seriously affect the consumer movement’s trust in the entire WTO negotiation process.
		The ACA, and Consumers International at the global level, have been concerned about TRIPS and how this agreement might be used for some time.
	www.cptech.org /ip/wto/p6/aca12162002.html (726 words)

	:: Flick Your Bank :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This Agreement (the "Agreement") is between you and the Australian Consumers&rsquo; Association a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee with its offices at 57 Carrington Rd Marrickville NSW 2204 Australia.
		ACA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this Site and the materials provided hereon, provided that you comply fully with this Agreement.
		The Australian Consumers' Association will take all steps open to it to prevent commercial use of its materials, its name, and the name of Flick your bank, CHOICE or its other publications.
	www.flickyourbank.com.au /terms_conditions.htm (1018 words)

	OrbSys - Clients - Australian Consumers' Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ACA's aim is to tackle the issues that really matter to consumers, arming them with the information to make confident choices and lobbying for change when consumers are getting a raw deal.
		Because ACA is a consumer watchdog organisation it is very important that any service they offer to the general public or paying customers is of benefit to them and is easy to use.
		ACA had a number of issues with their systems but the main problems were in their publishing system, this was causing major problems and stopping ACA from deploying new content to production.
	www.orbsys.com.au /clients/choice.aspx (845 words)

	ACA calls for mod-chip legalisation; copyright fair use: ZDNet Australia: News: Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Australian Consumers Association today recommended legalising the use of mod-chips as it cautiously greeted a recent proposal to introduce a levy on digital recording media and devices.
		ACA senior policy officer for IT and communications, Charles Britton, said the proposal had some merit but that authorities had to go further than guaranteeing consumers' rights to copy music CDs for personal use.
		The ACA shares the view put forward by the ACCC when it challenged Sony, and now believes that if Tripp's proposal goes through without intervention, music companies will be able to "double-dip" -- taking a cut of the levy "but still lock material away with contract or technology".
	www.zdnet.com.au /news/security/0,2000061744,39151107,00.htm (743 words)

	Consumers Federation of Australia
		Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW) Inc. is a community legal centre specialising in financial services, particularly matters and policy issues related to consumer credit, banking and debt recovery.
		It assists Victorian consumers who have legal problems with consumer credit and debt, and advocates on behalf of consumers on consumer protection enforcement, law reform, and unfair industry practices.
		The Consumers' Telecommunications Network is a non-profit national coalition of consumer and community organisations that represents community interests in the national policy arena on telecommunications issues.
	www.consumersfederation.com /membergroups.htm (1698 words)

	Australian Prawn Farmers Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Consumers are often surprised to learn that 60% of all seafood in the Australian domestic market is imported.
		The Associations market research indicates that Australian consumers have a very strong preference for buying Australian seafood based on the three factors of quality, value and environmental sustainability.
		In response, the Australian Prawn Farmers Association and its members have lodged official complaints with the relevant state authorities for alleged breaches of the labelling provisions of the Code.
	www.apfa.com.au /media/article.cfm?mediaid=50 (421 words)

	Austrialia Consumers Support Parallel Imports of Music CDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Australian consumers are often forced to wait for weeks or months for local rights holders to release titles which are already available in overseas markets.
		Australian consumers are generally fair minded and appreciate the importance of paying for legitimate copies of works.
		ACA comments on tax policy insofar as consumers are impacted both through the level of taxation and the availability of public goods funded through taxation which in turn have significant consumption implications.
	www.cptech.org /ip/pi/acasubcd.html (11680 words)

	Paper for the 9th Special, Health and Law libraries conference
		ACA library is in operation to work to the needs of both the staff of the Association and the external community, which includes the councillors, students performing an area of consumerism on a particular issue (in health, food/food science, information technology or finance).
		This enables the staff at ACA to benefit from having the latest test details at their desktop through the library's Current Awareness Service, which highlights the tests and reports published in all the Consumer titles.
		ACA fits into this picture very well, with the importance of having the relevant technologies available for conducting thorough in-depth research requests, and delivering a fulfilled request at all times.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/23214/20020118/www.alia.org.au/conferences/shllc/2001/papers/raper.html (2838 words)

	New Japan Mad Cow Fear
		Australian beef is free from the brain-wasting disease, but the outbreak in Japan's domestic herd has led to beef consumption dropping by about half.
		The company was discovered to have relabelled Australian and American beef as domestic beef to capitalise on a government buyback scheme set up to deal with the mad cow crisis.
		There is deep concern in Australia about the impact on local beef producers, with the Australian and state governments attempting to persuade Japanese consumers about the safety of the Australian product.
	www.organicconsumers.org /madcow/japan51302.cfm (536 words)

	Australian Private Hospitals Association
		Access Economics reveals consumers switching between health insurers are being 'cut adrift' by some insurers who refuse to cover patient health care costs.
		Older Australians are rallying to private health care and private hospitals are ready for them...
		The health insurance industry has found a loophole to penalise consumers who switch from one health insurer to another and it needs to be fixed...
	www.apha.org.au (368 words)

	The Public Record
		The ACA was neutral on the initial slabs of privatisation of Telstra.
		The ownership was not the critical issue for consumers at that time - price and service were, at least while the ownership was still more than 50% government.
		Consumers are being misled by legal definitions about where products and their components come from.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/22027/20011111/www.abc.net.au/public/elections/2001fed/peakbodies/aca.htm (955 words)

	[Ip-health] Australian Consumers' Association on Doha Para 6
		[Ip-health] Australian Consumers' Association on Doha Para 6
		Apart from the substantive issue involving the welfare of millions, the negotiations seem to be proceeding to an outcome that may seriously affect the consumer movement=92s trust in the entire WTO negotiation process.
		Yours sincerely, Louise Sylvan Chief Executive Australian Consumers=92 Association CC The Hon John Howard, Prime Minister (02) 6273 4100 Senator the Hon Kay Patterson (02) 6273 4146 The Hon Ian Campbell, Minister responsible for Consumer Affairs Fax: (02) 6277 3958
	lists.essential.org /pipermail/ip-health/2002-December/003937.html (763 words)

	Australian Rheumatology Association
		Fractures related to osteoporosis are common with 1 in 3 women over the age of 50 suffering a fracture.
		The Australian National Action Network was formed in October 2000 and Peter Brooks was asked to chair this group which has begun working with already existing organisations such as the Arthritis Australia, Osteoporosis Australia, the Australian Rheumatology Association and the Australian Orthopaedic Association to raise the profile of musculoskeletal disease.
		The International Orthopaedic Association/ Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Australian Rheumatology Association meeting in Sydney in 2004.
	www.rheumatology.org.au /otherpages/bonejointdecade.asp (798 words)

	AOOA Website - A Message from the President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Association also cooperates with other organisations - such as the Australian Olive Association - that aim to foster the growth and development of the olive oil industry.
		One of the purposes of the Association is to standardise the terminology for the different grades and types of olive oil and ensure they are accurately labelled.
		This terminology should be in harmony with international practice as well as the particular needs of the Australian market, and must then be conveyed to the food industry and the consumer.
	www.aooa.com.au (195 words)

	Australian Bankers Association - 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sydney, 7 July, 2005: The Australian Bankersâ Association (ABA) recognises that banks have made significant progress on making banking services increasingly accessible to older Australians and people with disabilities and the industry is continuously looking to improve service to all customers.
		Sydney, 22 February, 2005: The Australian Bankerâs Association (ABA) is unaware that lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) premiums are about to increase as inferred in the NSW Minister for Housingâs media release.
		Sydney, 21 February 2005: The Australian Bankersâ Association (ABA) said that even though the Australian Consumersâ Associationâs (ACA) online banking survey found that 85% of those surveyed feel very or fairly safe when banking online and 95% have virus protection software, the survey results need to be viewed with caution.
	aba.elcom.com.au /Default.aspx?FolderID=153 (1235 words)

	Proposed Paragraph 6 Solution from Australian Consumers’ Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In your letter on the second matter, you looked forward to the ACA and Consumers International playing a constructive role in finding a balanced solution to the matters arising from the Doha round.
		Developed economies would be required to provide non-exclusive licenses to developing countries for patent rights funded or owned by the government of the developed country.
		Facilitation of technology transfer Developed country members agree to grant non-exclusive licenses to all developing or least developed countries for use in developing or least developed countries of all pharmaceuticals or health technology products for which the developed country members hold patent or other intellectual property rights.
	www.cptech.org /ip/wto/p6/aca02262003.html (851 words)

	LHMU: Campaign News: Save Medicare : Medicare is for everyone - Australian Consumers' Association says - 20 June 2003
		At a time when new government policies put universal access to bulk-billing at risk, the Consumers’ Association and other like-minded organisations have proposed a program to breathe new life into Medicare.
		The Consumers' Association magazine CHOICE opposes measures to destroy universal access to bulk billing.
		And while you're at the Consumers Association website don't forget to vote in their Bulk billing on-line poll.
	www.lhmu.org.au /lhmu/campaigns/medicare/news_1056083439_28709.html (215 words)

	Australian Bankers Association - 2000
		Sydney, 19 July, 2000: Jeff Oughton, acting Chief Executive of the Australian Bankers' Association said today's media release from the National Farmers' Federation has mistakenly stated that consumer groups were not part of a panel reviewing the Banking Code of Practice.
		The ABA stresses that it wrote to more than 50 organisations including consumers groups like the Australian Consumers' Association, interest groups such as the National Farmers' Federation, government departments, financial counselling services and politicians, inviting them to lodge a submission to the independent review.
		The terms of reference of the review of the Code of Banking Practice were advertised in two national newspapers inviting any interested parties, including individuals, to lodge a submission.
	www.bankers.asn.au /default.aspx?ArticleID=59 (171 words)

	consumers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Australian Consumer's Association (ACA) is a completely independent, non-profit organisation which has assisted consumers for the past 40 years.
		ACA publishes consumer information, tests products and lobbies on behalf of the consumer.
		The Commissions' consumer protection work complements that of State and Territory consumer affair's agencies.
	www.letasa.asn.au /consumers.htm (117 words)

	Resources Recycling at Murdoch University M234 (4 points) and M2341 (2 points)
		Imagine that you have been asked to write an article on this topic for Choice, the journal of the Australian Consumers Association.
		Imagine that you have been asked to write an article for Choice, the journal of the Australian Consumers Association, on the topic 'Does Recycling Prevent the Consumer Society Becoming a Conserver Society?'.
		Consuming Interest, Australian Consumers' Association, 48 (June/July 1991) and 54 (January 1994) 18-19
	wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au /teaching/m234/recycle02.htm (773 words)

	Consumers' Association: Press Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Because some SAR test rigs do not allow the wire to hang straight down as it would in normal use, the crucial vertical difference of the wire between the earpiece and the antenna cannot be taken into account.
		Even the SAR tests carried out by the Australian Consumers' Association, which taped the wire to the test body, did not explore the variation of the distance of the wire.
		Consumers' Association, 2 Marylebone Road, LONDON, NW1 4DF
	www.which.net /media/pr/nov00/general/handsfree.html (895 words)

	Directory of Archives in Australia - Australian Consumers' Association (CHOICE)
		ACA's archives document the activities of this organisation ie.
		Not all institutions have email, so you may need to contact them by telephone, fax or snail mail as detailed on their directory entry.
		To contact the Australian Society of Archivists go to Australian Society of Archivists Contacts.
	www.archivists.org.au /directory/data/33.htm (118 words)

	The World Today Archive - Govt may introduce financial literacy programs for students
		Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan is today launching a new taskforce to develop the first ever national strategy for financial literacy, aimed at improving levels of knowledge about financial issues for the whole community.
		Senator Coonan says the taskforce will take a "cradle to grave" approach, aimed at helping Australians to budget, save, invest and understand risk.
		HELEN COONAN: It's a really new focus on literacy, on consumer literacy and to give people some better tools to be able to make important financial decisions.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1051220.htm (606 words)

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