Below are the names of consumer representatives on various government or industry bodies. CFA does not make these appointments itself, but may be asked to suggest possible nominations.
ORGANISATION |
NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE |
Financial Ombudsman Service
The
FOS handles disputes about banking, credit, insurance (general and life), financial planning, stock broking, managed funds and pooled superannuation trusts. www.fos.org.au |
Fiona Guthrie
Elizabeth Lanyon
Jenni Mack |
Credit
Ombudsman Service
(formerly
the Mortgage Industry Ombudsman Scheme)
Resolves
disputes between consumers and mortgage/finance brokers. www.creditombudsman.com.au
|
Kat
Lane
Catherine
Uhr |
Credit Union Dispute Resolution Centre
CUDRC handles disputes between consumers and credit unions. www.cudrc.com.au
|
Jenny
Lovric
Nicola Howell |
Financial Cooperative Dispute Resolution Centre
FCDRC
handles disputes between consumers and credit unions or building
societies (mainly those located in Queensland, with some in Victoria).
www.fcdrs.org.au |
Paul
O'Shea
Loretta Kreet |
Insurance
Brokers Disputes Ltd
This
scheme handles disputes between consumers and insurance brokers.
www.ibdltd.com.au |
Peter
Gartlan Jenni
Mack |
Joint
Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
JAS-ANZ maintains a
joint accreditation system that aims to give consumers confidence
that goods and services meet established standards. The Technical
Advisory Council of JAS-ANZ provides advice to the Governing Board.
www.jas-anz.com.au |
Robyn Easton |
National
Association of Testing Authorities
NATA is Australia's
national authority for the accreditation of laboratories that
carry out testing, measurement, inspection and calibration. www.nata.asn.au |
Robyn Easton |
Standards
Australia
The CFA nominates a
number of representatives to Technical Committees through the
Standards Project. Details available on the Standards
page. |
Jo Higginson
(Co-ordinator) |
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
The
TIO handles disputes about telephone services, mobile phones,
internet services. www.tio.com.au
|
TBA |
Travel
Compensation Fund
Protects
consumers from loss should their travel company become insolvent.
|
Jenni
Mack
Robin
Brown |
Weight Management Council of Australia
WMCA oversees the implementation of the voluntary Weight Management Industry Code www.weightcouncil.org |
Angela Russell |
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