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CONSUMER AFFAIRS |
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2001 |
Legend |
| Small Step for Labelling not Enough to Protect Our Kids from Drugs - Mike Elliott NR | |
| Elliott to Petition Health Ministers on Caffeine - Mike Elliott NR | |
| Food Bill - Sandra Kanck 2RS | |
| Statutes Amendment (Consumer Affairs) Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS | |
| Crash Repair Rates - Ian Gilfillan PS | |
| Call for Action on Caffeine in Energy Drinks - Mike Elliott NR | |
| 5 April | Labeling Genetically Modified Foods - Ian Gilfillan |
| 4 April | Labelling Caffeinated Drinks and Restricting to Minors - Mike Elliott 2RS |
| 4 April | Energy Drinks the New Drug Threat - Mike Elliott NR |
| 1 February | Milk Industry Sours in Liberal Grasp - Ian Gilfillan NR |
| 4 January | Democrats Warn of Houseboat Swim Deck Dangers - Ian Gilfillan NR |
2000 |
Legend |
| 6 December | Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill - Ian Gilfillan 2RS |
| 29 November | Electrical Products Bill - Sandra Kanck 2RS |
| 28 November | Retirement Villages - Ian Gilfillan Q GR |
| 16 November | Caffeine in all Soft Drinks - Mike Elliott MOI |
| 31 October | Soft Drinks - Soft Drugs? Mike Elliott NR |
| 24 October | Electronic Transactions Bill passed with Democrat support - Ian Gilfillan BC |
| 24 October | Negligence Claims Against Barristers: Why the Immunity? - Ian Gilfillan PQ |
| 12 October | Land Agents (Registration) Amendment Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 12 October | Conveyancers (Registration) Amendment Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 12 October | Hairdressers (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 10 October | Democrats Support Electronic Transactions Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 7 July | Call for Lawyers 'Sin Bin' - Ian Gilfillan NR |
| 6 July | Why no Consumer Protection from Lawyers facing multiple misconduct charges? - Ian Gilfillan PQ |
| 27 June | Why are E-Commerce Threats & Opportunities Ignored by Government? - GR to Ian Gilfillan |
| 23 May | Building Work Contractors (GST) Amendment Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 23 May | Consumer Affairs Bill - Validating fee for Section 7 statements? - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 19 April | Fairness for Retirement Village Residents: "It's Too Hard" says Government - Ian Gilfillan NR |
| 5 April | Why are E-Commerce Threats & Opportunities Ignored by Government? - Ian Gilfillan PQ |
| 28 March | Democrats Support Amendments to Prices Act 1948 - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 14 March | Email Marketing Scheme Illegal: Democrats Warn - Ian Gilfillan NR |
| 30 January | Retirement Villages: Who's Fooling Who? - Ian Gilfillan NR |
1999 |
Legend |
| 19 November | Lawyers Mortgage Broking Clients: Consumer Warnings to be Compulsory - Ian Gilfillan BC |
| 18 November | Consumer Protection for Lawyers Mortgage Clients Being Cut - Ian Gilfillan BC |
| 9 November | Consumer Protection for Lawyers Mortgage Clients Being Cut - Ian Gilfillan PS |
| 20 October | Electricity Competition: Will it Benefit only Large-Scale Consumers? - Sandra Kanck PQ & GR |
| 19 October | Benefits to Consumers From Unit Pricing in Supermarkets? - GR to Ian Gilfillan |
| 19 August | Hidden Charges: Time for Banks to Tell All - Sandra Kanck NR |
| 4 August | Democrats Act to Prevent Price Exploitation in New Tax System - Mike Elliott PS |
| 4 August | Benefits to Consumers From Unit Pricing in Supermarkets? - Ian Gilfillan PQ |
| 27 July | Democrats Support more competition and choice in cheque accounts - Mike Elliott PS |
| 7 July | "Evicting tenants from hell" amendments lost despite Democrats Support - Ian Gilfillan BC' |
| 3 June | Employment resumes on-sold: Why No Privacy legislation? - Mike Elliott PQ |
| 27 May | Democrats Support Residential Tenancies Amendment - Ian Gilfillan 2RS |
| Second-Hand Vehicle Dealers Compensation Fund - Ian Gilfillan PS |
1998 |
Legend |
| September 24 | Retirement Villages: Residents Asked for Solutions - Ian Gilfillan NR |
| August 12 | Consumer Protection: Internet Service Providers - Ian Gilfillan PQ |
LEGEND:
NR: News Release
PQ: Parliamentary Question
PS: Parliamentary Speech
GR: Government Reply to issue or
question raised by the Democrats
IS: Article in Democrats
Newsletter "Inside Story"
SA: Special Article for general release
BC: Debate on a Bill during
Parliament's Committee stages
