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On 25 February, CPRC launched The Renter’s Journey report at the first Consumer Policy Connect Series forum for 2019, bringing together government, the community sector, industry and academia to discuss consumer-centred policy reform and innovation in the Australian private rental system.
Key speakers included Dr Heather Holst, Victorian Commissioner for Residential Tenancies; Emma King, CEO of Victorian Council of Social Service; Justin Butterworth, Founder and CEO, Snug.com; and Simon Cohen, Deputy Secretary – Regulation, Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, among many others.
If you couldn’t make it on the day, please check out our highlights video below, along with videos of each full session. Thank you again to our key speakers and panellists for sharing your time, experience and expertise, ensuring it was an insightful and rewarding day for all.
On 25 February, CPRC launched The Renter’s Journey report at the first Consumer Policy Connect Series forum for 2019, bringing together government, the community sector, industry and academia to discuss consumer-centred policy reform and innovation in the Australian private rental system.
Key speakers included Dr Heather Holst, Victorian Commissioner for Residential Tenancies; Emma King, CEO of Victorian Council of Social Service; Justin Butterworth, Founder and CEO, Snug.com; and Simon Cohen, Deputy Secretary – Regulation, Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, among many others.
If you couldn’t make it on the day, please check out our highlights video below, along with videos of each full session. Thank you again to our key speakers and panellists for sharing your time, experience and expertise, ensuring it was an insightful and rewarding day for all.
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Recently, trusted Government departments have celebrated the reported downturn in financial losses from scams in Australia. Sounds good, right? We are all getting savvier, we are all onto scammers. Or are we? I recently had a brush with a scammer which got me thinking about these reports and what the numbers mean.
