Consumer Protection has taken legal action to stop a 65-year-old WA man from taking other people’s money and sending it to West African criminals who are pretending to run an investment scheme. The Commissioner for Consumer Protection has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with Peter Melvin Kleinig . The undertaking prevents Mr Kleinig from soliciting or accepting funds for the purpose of...

The average cost of unleaded petrol is set to increase by around 17 cents per litre (cpl) to 120.7 cpl tomorrow, so FuelWatch is encouraging Perth drivers to fill up today to save money. FuelWatch advises that on Tuesday 5 April 2016, most BP sites are increasing their ULP price to 124.9 cpl (an increase of 20 cpl). Most Caltex, Caltex Woolworths, Coles Express and Puma sites are increasing their...

Jandakot tiler Jose Antonio Arguijo , as the sole director and secretary of Plaza Tiling Pty Ltd , has been prosecuted by the Building Commissioner for offences the company committed when carrying out renovations in Rockingham and Como between June 2011 and March 2013. In the Perth Magistrates Court on 2 March 2016, Mr Arguijo was ordered to pay fines of $66,700, compensation totalling $109,865...

Construction sites in Perth’s CBD and surrounds will be the focus of a WorkSafe proactive inspection program next week. WorkSafe Acting Director John Reilly said today the program would involve construction inspectors checking safety standards at construction sites in Perth’s CBD and surrounding suburbs east and west of the city. “The program is part of a continuing series of proactive inspection...

The average cost of unleaded petrol is set to increase by around 19 cents per litre (cpl) to 121.5 cpl tomorrow, so FuelWatch is encouraging Perth drivers to fill up today to save money. FuelWatch advises that on Tuesday 29 March 2016, most Coles Express, Caltex Woolworths, BP and Puma sites are increasing their ULP price to 123.9 cpl (an increase of 25 cpl by Coles Express, 24 cpl by Caltex...

A proactive inspection program looking at construction sites in Perth’s southern suburbs has found a high level of compliance in training and licensing, but has raised concerns over the testing and tagging of portable electrical items. The program involved construction inspectors checking safety standards at construction sites across the southern suburbs as far as Mandurah in the final week of...

Jandakot builder Kerry George Parsons (BC4277 & BP4277) has been ordered by the Building Services Board to pay a fine of $5,000 for negligent conduct.

With Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection David Hillyard You only have to look up ‘white van speaker scam’ online to find out it happens all over the world and it’s been going on for years. At the moment back of vehicle sellers are currently popping up in metropolitan Perth and regional WA and we want to make sure people steer clear of them. Reports received by Consumer Protection recently...

Winners of 2016 WA Consumer Protection Awards announced Event coincides with World Consumer Rights Day A community centre, a schools program run by a gas company and a consumer affairs newspaper reporter have been honoured with the top accolades at the 2016 Western Australian Consumer Protection Awards. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin congratulated the winners at a presentation breakfast at The...

In the same way that builders are required to a have a building contractor registration to contract directly with others, painters must also meet this obligation. Individuals, partnerships and companies that contract with others to provide painting services valued over $1,000 must be registered as a painting contractor and will have demonstrated a financial and organisational capacity...

The average cost of unleaded petrol is set to increase by around 19 cents per litre (cpl) to 120.3 cpl tomorrow, so FuelWatch is encouraging Perth drivers to fill up today to save money. FuelWatch advises that on Tuesday 15 March 2016, most Caltex Woolworths sites are increasing their ULP prices to 123.9 cpl, an increase of 27 cpl. The majority of Caltex and BP sites are increasing to 122.9 cpl;...

Lying on an application to Consumer Protection for a motor vehicle repairer’s certificate has cost a Redcliffe man $2,000. 27-year-old Chien Kucdit Deng was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000 by the Perth Magistrates Court on 4 March 2016 after pleading guilty to providing a false statement when trying to obtain a motor vehicle repairers’ certificate in February 2015. In his...