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In 2003, revenue for the organisation was over $ 10m and by 2019 had grown to over $ 20m. It is a multi-faceted business with a staff of 80, which includes the scientists and technicians who test the products, policy specialists who devise campaigns, lobby politicians and speak on issues, as well as
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Australian Consumers' Association reprinted material from its UK and US counterparts. In 1962 it participated in the first international IOCU test (of watches). It also conducted tests in university labs outside work hours and established a scientific testing panel. The experts on the
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was prosecuted and fined for multiple breaches of competition and consumer laws. At the time of the breaches in 2017, the company was led by Bill
Davidson who at the time was also the Deputy Chairman of CHOICE. CHOICE issued a statement rebuking Australian Hearing's actions after Davidson had left
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According to CHOICE, their job is to stand up against companies doing the wrong thing. The aim of the organisation is to provide up-to-date information across a wide range of consumer issues that allows individuals to make informed consumer decisions. It also lobbies for change on behalf of
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CHOICE also holds the annual "Shonky Awards" that highlight dubious or dishonest behaviour from companies. The awards help consumers to identify the worst of the worst, and name and shame that year's shonkiest products and companies. "Shonky" is
Australian slang meaning "unreliable, unsound,
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consumers when required. CHOICE tests and rates a range of products and services, including appliances, baby products, electronics and home entertainment, computers, food and health, and financial products and services. More than 200,000 people subscribe to the
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was established in 1960 by Ruby
Hutchison and Roland Thorp. The magazine tests and compares different consumer products and services and reports their findings. It is published eleven times per year. The headquarters is in Marrickville, New South Wales.
270:, had been receiving complaints from her constituents about the quality and value for money of goods. She knew of overseas consumer organisations in the US and UK, so she found out how they worked with a goal of creating something similar in Australia.
590:- 2019 - "Failed on so many fronts", "it uses a lot more electricity than it claims on its energy star rating label. It's also one of the worst performing fridges we've seen", "you're also going to be paying extra for replacing all the spoiled food".
641:- 2011 - "Peach-infused super-tight pants also got a nod, with their "clinically-proven" weight loss effect. The ethos of the test lab behind the clinical trial, Spincontrol Laboratories, didn't exactly fill us with confidence".
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CHOICE also campaigns on behalf of consumers and is a representative on many national and state-based government committees, councils and independent bodies related to consumer rights and issues including food regulation and
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is a publication of the
Australian consumer organisation of that name, a non-profit organisation founded in 1959 (as the Australian Consumers Association) to research and advocate on behalf of Australian consumers.
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The first magazine was launched in April 1960 and distributed to 500 subscribers. Membership grew quickly and in 1961 the organisation was represented at an international
Conference of Consumers’ Associations in
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By the late 1950s there was an increase in market competition, a fall in product standards and what was seen as industry-wide manipulation by marketers. It was in this context that in 1959 Hutchison travelled to
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panel were responsible for one test each per year, which they'd oversee on behalf of the ACA and the organisation established a reputation for thoroughly verifying its test data.
669:- 2007 - "'Less fat than most peanut butters, less sugar than most jam' say the ads. Maybe, but equally it contains more sugar than most peanut butters and more fat than jam".
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CHOICE buys most of the products it tests on the open market. Its income is mainly derived from subscriptions and from the sale of its publications and products.
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651:- 2010 - "The only power this bracelet seems to have, placebo effect notwithstanding, is in tipping its distributor's bank balance well and truly into the black".
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in 1963. The primary aim was to produce a magazine that would inform consumers about their rights and about products, their value and safety.
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Cuisine cat food was referred on for misleading labelling and contradictory claims in the small print. Also, finalist Nature's Way (
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Australian Consumers' Association".
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1614:"Company led by Choice deputy chairman fined over consumer law breaches"
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The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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282:. Discussions culminated at public meeting on 17 September 1959 at the
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860:"CHOICE (Australian Consumers' Association) - Consumers International"
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Two of the 2017 Shonky Award finalists were referred on to the
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1338:"Victoria Legal Aid executive announced as CHOICE's new Chair"
743:. A.C.T.: Consumers' Federation of Australia. pp. 33–35.
230:, telecommunications and digital technology, standards codes,
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magazine — a monthly magazine, published eleven times a year.
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1047:"CHOICE 50th anniversary: 01.How it all began - the Sixties"
321:, where its head office and laboratories are still located.
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1115:. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars. p. 98.
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CHOICE Magazine & The Shonky Awards | Skeptic Zone #574
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for alleged breaches of Australian Consumer Law. Finalist
1138:"Consumer choice: Another case of deceptive advertising?"
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Choice: journal of the Australian Consumers' Association
926:(Report). Australian Consumers' Association. p. 10.
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1581:"Shonky Awards Sparks Two Consumer Watchdog Complaints"
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Crawford, Robert; Humphery, Kim; Smart, Judith (2010).
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The organisation publishes several products including:
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Anita Tang and Robert Southerton, co-chair 2020–present
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Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities
3127:
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
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Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
1166:"Consumer Advocacy in Victoria - Research Paper No. 7"
2635:
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
1875:
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
1361:"Choice Announces Sandra Davey as New Chair | People"
1199:. Ithaca, NY, US: Cornell University Press. pp.
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2779:ComisiĂłn Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia
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924:Financial Report - For the year ended 30 June 2019
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2727:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
1006:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
945:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
675:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
557:- 2022 - for being the Spirit of Disappointment.
542:dishonest, poor or of dubious quality; shoddy".
246:Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
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891:"One half of the dream ticket is still waiting"
2805:Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
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737:A history of the Australian consumer movement
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1413:"The items to avoid at the Boxing Day sales"
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3010:International Financial Services Commission
2701:Administrative Council for Economic Defense
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1444:. Australian Consumers' Association. 2016.
1113:Consumer Australia: Historical Perspectives
1925:Citizens Advice outside the United Kingdom
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1484:. CHOICE. 30 December 2018. Archived from
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40:CHOICE - Australian Consumers' Association
2766:ComisiĂłn Federal de Competencia EconĂłmica
2491:Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
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1460:"Help and FAQs - What's Premium content?"
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1290:"Annual Report 2006 - The Governing Body"
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512:— a magazine, published six times a year.
3415:Monthly magazines published in Australia
3114:Superintendency of Industry and Commerce
2090:Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations
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1482:"The 13th Annual CHOICE Shonkys - 2018"
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1252:, Choice, 23 March 2010, archived from
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1049:. CHOICE. 23 March 2010. Archived from
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922:Directors' Report (30 September 2019).
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266:, the first woman to be elected to the
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2668:Water Industry Commission for Scotland
1975:Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan
1553:
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1371:from the original on 29 November 2019.
1348:from the original on 28 November 2019.
1336:Mckertich, Kevin (11 September 2013).
1300:from the original on 29 November 2019.
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1236:from the original on 28 November 2019.
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965:. Australia: CHOICE. 2004. p. 17.
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268:Western Australian Legislative Council
3188:National Board for Prices and Incomes
2658:Office for Fair Trading (Isle of Man)
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1423:from the original on 11 January 2020.
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990:from the original on 26 October 2019.
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799:from the original on 13 January 2020.
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3201:Securities Commission of New Zealand
2644:National Homelessness Advice Service
2620:Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1593:from the original on 14 January 2020
1568:from the original on 2 January 2021.
1543:from the original on 2 January 2021.
1329:
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1296:. State of Western Australia. 2006.
1294:Economic Regulation Authority of W.A
1249:CHOICE 50th anniversary: 03.Eighties
1223:
1217:
1175:. Victorian Government. March 2006.
1100:from the original on 7 January 2019.
1016:
854:
852:
734:Brown, Jane; Marsden, Fiona (1996).
724:
566:- 2020 - for their partnership with
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232:ecologically sustainable development
3395:Consumer organisations in Australia
2901:Directorate-General for Competition
2888:Competition and Consumer Commission
2630:Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
1427:
1411:Doyle, Michael (25 December 2019).
1240:
1182:from the original on 21 March 2019.
1158:
1154:from the original on 20 April 2016.
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1012:from the original on 31 March 2019.
930:
870:from the original on 23 March 2018.
760:from the original on 24 March 2016.
288:Australasian Consumers' Association
57:Australasian Consumers' Association
24:
3400:Members of Consumers International
1995:Consumers' Federation of Australia
1735:Consumers' Federation of Australia
1579:Nankervis, Troy (5 October 2017).
1325:from the original on 20 July 2020.
1075:from the original on 20 July 2020.
1035:from the original on 15 July 2018.
1025:"Hutchison, Ruby Florence - Woman"
708:Consumers' Federation of Australia
698:Australian Hearing in early 2018.
355:
25:
3436:
3410:Organizations established in 1959
3088:Philippine Competition Commission
3062:Netherlands Competition Authority
2997:International Competition Network
2818:Competition and Markets Authority
2625:European Consumer Centres Network
2466:List of food labeling regulations
1960:Consumer Federation of California
1895:Chamber for Workers and Employees
1635:
1359:Sandberg, Phil (30 August 2017).
1311:Schmidt, Lucinda (2 March 2011).
1272:NSW Racehorse Owners' Association
1002:"Ruby Hutchison Memorial Lecture"
903:from the original on 20 July 2020
849:
546:Notable past Shonky Award winners
526:The CHOICE Guide to Baby Products
407:Australian Consumers' Association
292:Australian Consumers' Association
161:Australian Consumers' Association
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1930:Connecticut Citizen Action Group
1612:Mizen, Ronald (1 October 2018).
1554:Hayman, Rani (9 November 2020).
27:Australian consumer organisation
3075:Norwegian Competition Authority
2653:Office for Fair Trading (Malta)
2252:Fight Back! with David Horowitz
1533:"Hall of Shame - Shonky Awards"
1492:
1466:. 30 March 2014. Archived from
1385:. 24 March 2022. Archived from
1375:
947:. 27 March 2012. Archived from
2361:List of consumer organizations
2085:Swedish Consumers' Association
1980:Consumer Rights Directive 2011
1773:Swedish Consumers' Association
688:
286:with the establishment of the
206:the journalists who write for
168:consumer advocacy organisation
13:
1:
3425:Magazines established in 1960
3364:League of Conservation Voters
3023:Italian Competition Authority
2615:Bureau of Consumer Protection
1915:Citizens Advice International
1500:"Qantas – 2022 Shonky Awards"
1365:Content + Technology Magazine
1224:Loay, Allan (20 April 2010).
1136:McLeod, Amanda (April 2013).
795:(podcast). 3:10 minutes in.
718:
189:
2953:Federal Antimonopoly Service
2030:Consumer Watchdog (Botswana)
1814:Access to knowledge movement
963:CHOICE Magazine Jan/Feb 2004
604:The Australian divisions of
524:— various titles, including
330:Justice Paul Stein 1974-1986
18:Choice (Australian magazine)
7:
3354:Bioscience Resource Project
2992:Financial Markets Authority
2823:Competition Appeal Tribunal
1985:Consumers Council of Canada
1619:Australian Financial Review
1589:. Southern Cross Austereo.
701:
313:In 1983, CHOICE moved from
10:
3441:
2753:Autorité de la concurrence
2740:Autoridade da ConcorrĂŞncia
2397:Anti-competitive practices
2287:Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
1779:Test-Aankoop / Test-Achats
1268:"The Hon. Wayne Haylen QC"
980:"The CHOICE Shonky Awards"
899:. Melbourne. 6 July 2003.
362:
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244:Every year CHOICE and the
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1069:The Sydney Morning Herald
835:10.1080/00076790701785664
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2456:Federal Trade Commission
1950:Consumer Council of Fiji
1920:Citizens Advice Scotland
1747:Consumers Union of Japan
1729:Consumer Council of Fiji
1193:Hilton, Matthew (2009).
290:, which was renamed the
2862:Competition Commission
2849:Competition Commission
2714:Anti-Monopoly Committee
2610:Banking Standards Board
2231:Don't Get Done, Get Dom
2050:Franchisees and Dealers
2000:Consumers International
1809:Consumer Bill of Rights
1689:Consumers International
864:Consumers International
683:Pharmacare Laboratories
304:Consumers International
155:Most commonly known as
32:Choice (disambiguation)
2875:Competition Commission
2648:Office of Fair Trading
2407:Better Business Bureau
1990:Consumers' Association
1890:Center for Auto Safety
1699:consumer organizations
1274:. 2013. Archived from
348:Sandra Davey 2017–2020
3175:Industrial Commission
2966:Federal Cartel Office
2940:Fair Trade Commission
2927:Fair Trade Commission
2914:Fair Trade Commission
2496:Transparency (market)
2427:Consumer organization
2417:Competition regulator
2375:Consumer organization
1970:Consumer organization
1318:Sydney Morning Herald
1313:"Profile: Jenni Mack"
1226:"Voice of the people"
1145:Simplicity Collective
1065:"The Choice is yours"
986:. 30 September 2019.
345:Nicole Rich 2013–2017
339:Chris Field 2002–2006
234:and the environment.
69:consumer organisation
3359:Environmental Action
2481:Planned obsolescence
2150:Consumers' Checkbook
2100:Truth in Advertising
2070:Option consommateurs
2005:Consumers' Coalition
1761:Option consommateurs
1561:ABC News (Australia)
1419:. News Pty Limited.
1053:on 13 November 2010.
1023:Moore, Kate (2015).
1008:. 20 February 2013.
693:In 2018 the company
588:Nedkyld refrigerator
516:CHOICE Health Reader
342:Jenni Mack 2006–2013
280:University of Sydney
217:Campaigns and policy
159:(all capitals), the
30:For other uses, see
3374:Environment America
3298:North Carolina PIRG
2792:Commerce Commission
2471:Mandatory labelling
2010:Consumers' Research
1856:Consumer protection
1628:on 12 January 2020.
1071:. 21 October 2006.
783:(13 October 2019).
713:Consumer protection
483:History and profile
374:
325:List of chairpeople
41:
3420:Consumer magazines
3268:Massachusetts PIRG
2836:Competition Bureau
2432:Cooling-off period
2422:Consumer complaint
2392:Airline complaints
2199:Stiftung Warentest
2075:Stiftung Warentest
1767:Stiftung Warentest
1539:. 2 January 2021.
1502:. 3 November 2022.
1342:Victoria Legal Aid
1090:"The CHOICE story"
695:Australian Hearing
639:Peachy Pink briefs
495:Other publications
370:
228:financial services
39:
3382:
3381:
3323:Rhode Island PIRG
3313:Pennsylvania PIRG
2572:Joyce Elaine Roop
2446:Extended warranty
2273:The Investigators
2025:Consumer Watchdog
1822:
1821:
1725:, The Netherlands
1703:consumer movement
1488:on 11 March 2019.
1470:on 30 March 2014.
1278:on 15 March 2016.
951:on 27 March 2012.
781:Saunders, Richard
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