NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers across the state to hang up on cold callers offering refunds on bank fees or rewards of any kind. Mr Stowe said the agency had received a report this week from a male pensioner from Woodville near Maitland who took a call, allegedly from the Commonwealth […]
Australian Consumer Law regulators including NSW Fair Trading have put the training industry on notice after a two year national compliance and education project targeting misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct by training providers and marketers revealed a number of unethical business practices. While many of the activities under that project have now been undertaken, ACL […]
NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is reminding the public about an interim ban on hoverboards, following reports of the fifth hoverboard related fire Fire and Rescue NSW has responded to this year. Just before 6pm on 20 April 2016, Fire & Rescue NSW was called to a small fire in a Bankstown house. Investigations […]
Regional NSW is a bigger jobs creator than the whole of Queensland, the latest ABS data showed, proving that the benefits of being the nation’s strongest economy are being experienced right across the State. The official figures released today showed that 59,700 jobs were added in the regions in the year to March, an increase […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, has announced aerial shark surveillance along the NSW coast will be conducted year-round for the next 12 months, as part of the NSW Government’s $16 million Shark Management Strategy. “Over the last year we have ramped up aerial surveillance to detect sharks and protect beachgoers from Eden to Tweed […]
The ANZ Stateometer has once again shown that the NSW economy is the strongest in the nation and continues to outperform the other states. Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian welcomed the monthly report, which measures economic performance across the states and territories, and said it was pleasing to see that the NSW economy continued to grow at […]
Acting Premier and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant said the latest quarterly report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) reflects the outstanding work of the NSW Police Force and the cooperation of the community. The New South Wales Recorded Crime Statistics 2015 released today reports 16 major offences are trending […]
NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe today issued a warning to accommodation providers in NSW about a credit card scam targeting their industry. Mr Stowe said Fair Trading had today received a report from a Woronora member of the Caravan and Camping Industry Association caught in the scam. It works like this: a so called […]
A new family festival, Kidtopia, is coming to Parramatta Park for the next three years, celebrating music, food, education, entertainment, art and culture. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said the festival will be accessible, enjoyable and affordable for local and visiting families, with plenty of activities on offer. “Kidtopia will feature […]
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance and Minister for Roads Duncan Gay today announced the establishment of the state’s first Smart Innovation Centre in Western Sydney – a new research and development hub for emerging transport and road technology. Minister Constance said the new centre will be a world-class innovation incubator which brings together […]