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| Title : |
GST and the internet |
| Description : |
Displaying prices on a website selling to export and domestic consumers,can display a GST-exclusive price for customers outside Australia. But the website will need to display the GST inclusive price for Australian residents. |
| Subject : |
Consumer protection, Internet, Prices, Taxation |
| Author : |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| Date Modified : |
2005 |
| Web Page : |
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/255377/ fromItemId/8135
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| Title : |
Information for Consumers: Broadband Internet |
| Description : |
Broadband internet refers to high-speed services such as ADSL, cable and satellite. The speed of these services is usually much higher than that of basic dial-up connection. |
| Subject : |
Consumer protection, Internet, Ombudsman, Telecommunications |
| Author : |
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman |
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| Web Page : |
http://www.tio.com.au/publications/BroadbandFactSheet.pdf
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| Title : |
Scam Watch - Internet Scams |
| Description : |
Unfortunately, the internet is not free from scams and scammers. Some scams are especially designed to take advantage of the way the internet works. |
| Subject : |
Consumer protection |
| Author : |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: Scamwatch |
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| Web Page : |
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/ InternetScams
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| Title : |
Public Registers and the Internet |
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A public register is an official or formal list recording names, events or transactions. Public registers are compiled by a government agency and required by law to be made publicly available or open to public inspection (such as electoral rolls, lists of development applications,etc.) |
| Subject : |
Privacy |
| Author : |
Office of the NSW Privacy Commissioner |
| Date Modified : |
26 May 2004 |
| Web Page : |
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/privacynsw/ll_pnsw.nsf/ vwFiles/FS7_pubreg_2005.pdf/$file/FS7_pubreg_2005.pdf
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| Title : |
Protecting your Privacy on the Internet |
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This article is for those who are relatively new to the Internet. If you are an experienced Internet user who is aware of privacy risks involved then you probably don't need to read this. The Internet is a huge, exciting world which has much to offer but you can give away a lot of information about yourself if you are not careful. This may not worry you but if it does read on. |
| Subject : |
Internet, Privacy |
| Author : |
Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner |
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| Web Page : |
http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.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 |
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| 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 : |
Selling on the internet |
| Description : |
Information for businesses on internet selling |
| Subject : |
e-shopping,Internet and business,Internet marketing |
| Author : |
corporateName=Office of Fair Trading; jurisdiction=NSW |
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| Web Page : |
http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Businesses/ Selling_goods_and_services/Sales_methods/Selling_on_the_internet.html
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| Title : |
Internet auctions |
| Description : |
Internet auction websites offer places for people to buy and sell merchandise through a bidding process. Unfortunately they do attract scammers, goods are never received or do not match the description of the product. There are means of protecting yourself from scams and there are avenues for making complaints about internet auction scams. |
| Subject : |
Consumer protection, Internet, Shopping |
| Author : |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| Date Modified : |
2005 |
| Web Page : |
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/85563/ fromItemId/8135
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| Title : |
Internet gambling |
| Description : |
The co-regulatory scheme for prohibited internet gambling content builds on the existing internet content scheme by focussing on some of the risks of accessing gambling services on the internet. |
| Subject : |
Consumer protection, Electronic commerce, Gambling, Internet |
| Author : |
Australian Communications & Media Authority |
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| Web Page : |
http://www.acma.gov.au/web/STANDARD//pc%3DPC_90135
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| Title : |
Internet content complaints |
| Description : |
ACMA responds to community concerns about offensive and illegal material on the internet by administering a national regulatory scheme that includes the investigation of complaints about prohibited internet content and internet gambling services. |
| Subject : |
Advertising and marketing, Censorship, Internet |
| Author : |
Australian Communications & Media Authority |
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| Web Page : |
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD//pc=PC_90103
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