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Title :	Mobile Phones and contracts
Description :	When signing up with a mobile phone company, you often commit to that company for a certain amount of time—e.g. two years. Depending on the terms and conditions of the contract you have signed, you may have to pay a penalty if you decide to leave part way through the contract.
Subject :	Consumer protection, Contracts, Credit, Debt
Author :	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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Web Page :	http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/3869/ fromItemId/3667
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Title :	Sham contracts
Description :	Sham contracting is where an employer tries to disguise an employment relationship as an independent contracting relationship.
Subject :	Employment
Author :	Fair Work Ombudsman
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Web Page :	http://www.fairwork.gov.au/Sham-contracts/Pages/default. aspx?role=contractors
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Title :	Mobile phone contracts: parental guidance recommended
Description :	Parents warned to take their time researching all the options before buying their children a mobile phone.
Subject :	mobile phones
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ 20090215_mobile_phone_contracts_parental_guidance_recommended.html
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Title :	Know your rights: mobile phone and broadband internet contracts
Description :	Fair Trading Minister warns Indigenous Australians to be careful of the potential debt traps when signing mobile phone and broadband internet contracts.
Subject :	debts,consumer credit,consumer protection
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
Date Modified :
Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/About_us/News_and_events/ Media_releases/2009_media_releases/ 20090311_mobile_phone_and_broadband_internet_contracts.html
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Title :	Home building contracts
Description :	All residential building work worth over $1,000 requires a written contract.
Subject :	home building contracts
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tradespeople/ Home_building_contracts.html
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Title :	Sale contracts
Description :	A residential property cannot be advertised for sale until a Contract of Sale has been prepared.
Subject :	contract of sale,residential property
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ Property_agents_and_managers/Agency_responsibilities/Sale_contracts.html
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Title :	Credit contracts
Description :	Information about credit contracts.
Subject :	credit cards,contracts,loan contracts,plain English contracts, written contracts
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Consumers/Using_credit/ Credit_contracts.html
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Title :	Fair Trading contracts
Description :	Information about Office of Fair Trading Home building contracts
Subject :	home building contracts
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Tenants_and_home_owners/ Home_building_and_renovating/Contracts/Fair_Trading_contracts.html
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Title :	Finance and contracts
Description :	Information for consumers on finance for buying a car.
Subject :	Motor vehicles
Author :	corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Consumers/Motor_vehicles/ Steps_to_buying_a_car/Finance_and_contracts.html
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Title :	Case study - buying a car and contracts
Description :	A case study about what happened when a man entered into a contract to buy a new car and then changed his mind.
Subject :	contracts,unfair contracts,verbal contracts,written contracts, car dealers,car dealerships,car finance
Author :
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Web Page :	http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Consumers/Motor_vehicles/ Steps_to_buying_a_car/Case_study_buying_a_car_contracts.html

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