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Button batteries: A little known risk
Date: 3^rd April 2012
Button batteries found in remote controls and other household electronic devices are a severe and little known risk for young children, a joint campaign by Energizer, Kidsafe, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned.
Trade Quip penalised for breach of product safety standard
Date: 5^th March 2012
Trade Quip Pty Ltd has been penalised $100,000 by the Federal Court for supplying hydraulic trolley jacks that did not comply with the prescribed consumer product safety standard.
Safety investigation launched into imported Off Road Vehicles
Date: 23^rd February 2012
Western Australia's Consumer Protection has begun an investigation into the safety and quality of imported Off Road Vehicles after receiving several complaints from WA consumers in recent weeks.