Over 590,000 Australians have relied on safe lending laws for justice: Consumer groups

MEDIA ALERT

THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2021


WHAT: Pre-recorded/embargoed media conference - Consumer groups in Canberra to protect safe lending laws

WHEN: 11am Thursday 18 February (Embargoed 00:00 Friday Feb 19)

WHERE: Front lawns, Parliament House, Canberra

WHO: Consumer groups appearing at Senate Hearings 19/02/2021 and meeting with Federal parliamentarians.


  • Alan Kirkland - CHOICE

  • Karen Cox - Financial Rights Legal Centre

  • Carmel Franklin - Care Financial Counselling Services and the Consumer Law Centre of the ACT (Care)

  • Financial counsellors - Deb Shroot and Rosie Fisk

  • Fiona Guthrie (Financial Counselling Australia) and Gerard Brody (Consumer Action Law Centre) - TBC depending on Victorian COVID restrictions.


Note: Consumer groups will provide broadcast quality footage of media conference via file share in the afternoon. Media are welcome to attend to film their own footage with an embargo for 19/02/2021


FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2021


Consumer groups will appear at the Senate Economics Committee hearings throughout the day.

CEOs can be made available in the Senate Courtyard for further comment.


Media contact:


CHOICE (Sydney contact - main enquiries), 0430 172 669, media@choice.com.au

CHOICE (Canberra contact - on the ground logistics) - Patrick Veyret 0431 822 372



Over 590,000 Australians have relied on safe lending laws for justice.pdf

Full edited media conference in mp4

CONFERENCE_AllSpeakers_KeyLines.mp4

Videos - MXF file format (left) mp4 (right)- Overlay

Videos - MXF file format (left) mp4 (right) - Media conference

More grab options are available in the MXF format.


Speakers:

Alan Kirkland - CEO of CHOICE (Blue suit, white shirt)

Gerard Brody - CEO of Consumer Action Law Centre (Grey striped suit, floral tie)

Karen Cox - CEO of Financial Rights Legal Centre (Blue top)

Carmel Franklin - CEO of Care (Pink top)

Deb Shroot - Financial Counsellor (Red speckled glasses)

Rosie Fisk - Financial Counsellor (Black shirt)

Images


Case study interview

Jo-Anne Allen, 61, a mother and grandmother from Newcastle spoke to CHOICE about her experience of unsafe lending in her younger years, the impact it's still had on her to this day and why she thinks safe lending laws should be kept.

Jo-Anne's Story.mp4
Safe lending clip 4.mp4
Safe lending clip 7.mp4
Safe lending clip 6.mp4
Safe lending clip 5.mp4
Safe lending clip 1.mp4
Safe lending clip 2.mp4
Safe lending clip 3.mp4
Safe lending clip 8.mp4

Fiona Guthrie - Financial Counselling Australia

Fiona Guthrie, Financial Counselling Australia.m4v

Consumer group submissions


Submission 40 - Consumer Action Law Centre.pdf
Submission 55 - Stop the Debt Trap Alliance.pdf
2020-02-03 - CHOICE submission to Treasury - Safe lending laws.pdf
Submission 67 - Financial Counselling Australia.pdf