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This World Children’s Day, we urge parents and loved ones buying toys online to check that they’re safe and to report any product safety issues, as part of an international campaign on the safety of toys sold online.

The ACCC is warning carers to avoid using convertible tricycles to transport children as they do not typically include important safety features required for strollers.

As millions of Australians rush to finish their Christmas shopping and fill the stockings of loved ones they should be cautious about the gifts they buy and receive for children.

SAFETY standards for baby bath aids and sunglasses have been strengthened to ensure the safety of consumers in Australia.

NSW Fair Trading will embark on an early compliance blitz on dangerous products in coming weeks. The operation comes in the wake of four recent successful prosecutions against businesses selling non-compliant toys, netting more than $30,000 in fines and court costs.

The ACCC's pre-Christmas safety check of nearly 3,300 toys in stores and online, has found seven potentially dangerous toys that fail mandatory safety requirements.

Flashing decorations, jewellery, musical stockings and greeting cards are among the items that made it on to the naughty list during Consumer Protection’s annual pre-Christmas product safety inspections.

Queensland Office of Fair Trading (OFT) product safety inspectors have finished their annual state-wide Christmas toy safety checks – keeping your children in safe hands this Christmas.

Santa was on hand in Sydney’s west today as Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello announced a Christmas crackdown on the sale of dangerous toys.

NSW Fair Trading has commenced its annual pre-Christmas toy safety checks targeting suburbs and towns across the state.

Teething necklaces are primarily designed to be worn as jewellery, but they provide an additional function as a teether for babies. They pose a serious choking hazard or strangulation risk to babies and toddlers.

The Office of Fair Trading is warning Queenslanders about the danger of buying second-hand products that may be unsafe or do not come with safety instructions or labels.

Follow the steps in the Safe Santa checklist to find out if you are giving safe gifts. Have your checklist handy while you make your Christmas shopping list and take it with you while you shop.

Mums and dads playing Santa this Christmas can be reassured that Queensland retailers are selling the safest batch of festive toys for five years.

Do you have or care for children under 3 years old? Get the ACCC's free do-it-yourself Choke Check tool to help you identify toys and other objects that can pose choking or ingestion hazards. 

Minister for Consumer Affairs Heidi Victoria today helped destroy hundreds of dangerous toys, putting safety first for families during National Children’s Week as the Christmas shopping period approaches.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is conducting marketplace surveillance of toys in the lead up to Christmas. Many toys are subject to mandatory safety standards and bans.

Inspections of more than 1,000 show bag toys and novelty items have yielded just five non-compliant items, a decrease from previous years.

Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie today revealed the unsafe toys that made the naughty Christmas list this year at the Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Brisbane.

The ACCC's free Choke Check tool is now available across the country via postcard stands at cafes and other public venues. The tool can help prevent choking hazards to small children.

Thousands of dangerous toys were crushed today to ensure a safer Christmas for children across Victoria.

New South Wales Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts today revealed the dangerous toys and products uncovered during Fair Trading’s pre-Christmas compliance checks.

Take care when using and changing lithium batteries. Lithium batteries (also known as button batteries) are often very small and if accessible, young children can easily place them in their mouths. Ingesting these batteries can lead to choking or soft tissue burns and perforation of the oesophagus.

New South Wales Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers about the dangers associated with wheat bags and in particular, plush toys containing wheat bags.

Every year, toys are tested as part of national surveillance programs. They’re dropped, ripped, pulled and scanned to make sure they’re ok.