Consumer protection is pretty much dead in Australia. Sure we have the ACCC, and they do a fine job with the resources and terms of reference they get, but I would love to see them ten times the size, and with the power to put wayward CEOs in the stocks, and allow the public to pelt rotton fruit (or bricks, or hand grenades). Nothing would ensure effective corporate self-regulation more than heavily armed death squads of consumer advocates ploughing through the occasional board of directors of a cosmetics company with AK-47s blazing.
On the bright side though, at least the Australian government has had the balls to start a “do not call” register to keep the telemarketers away. You can (and should) register for it here: https://www.donotcall.gov.au.
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