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          A accountant B bank*
          aged care*   barrister*
            advertising*   book classification*
            airline   builder*
            aircraft noise   building society*
            animal cruelty
            business not listed elsewhere
            appliance    
            architect*  
            auctioneer    
            Australia Post    
            ACCC (Australian Competition
          and Consumer Commission)
             
                 
              D debt collector (ACCC site)
                dentist
            Child Support Agency   direct marketing*
            computer game* classification*   discrimination
            community services   direct selling*
            conveyancer   domestic violence
            credit union*   door-to-door sales*
            credit provider*   dry cleaner
            credit reporting agency*    
            Consumer Affairs and
          Fair Trading agencies (all states)
             
                 
          E electricity company* F film classification*
            e-commerce*   financial service*
            employment agency   finance broker
              finance company*
              fitness industry*
                franchising industry participant*
                freedom of information
                fuel
                funeral home/director*
                funds management*
                furniture*
                 
          G gas company* H health insurance
            government department   health service provider*
            GST   hospital
            gym*   housing
                human rights
                 
          I internet content* J jeweller*
            internet fraud    
            internet gambling content*    
            internet purchase K  
            internet service provider    
            insurance broker    
            insurance company/claim*    
            introduction agency    
            investment advice    
                 
          L labelling of products    
            landlord M magazine article
            lawyer*   Medicare
            lay-by   migration agent*
            life insurance*   misleading business conduct
            limousine company   mobile phone company
            literature*   mortgage transaction*
            local government/councils   motor vehicle*
            LPG (bottled gas)    
                 
          N newspaper article O online purchase
            neighbourhood dispute    
            nurse    
            noise    
            nursing home*    
                 
          P product packaging    
            product safety    
            pay TV* Q  
            pawnbroker    
            petrol    
            pharmacist    
            physiotherapist    
            police R radio programme*
            pollution   real estate agent*
            postal service   recruitment agency
            planning matter   refunds
            prices   registered company
            privacy breach*   removalist
            private college (international students)   rental car company
            private investigator*   retirement village*
            psychologist   retail grocery industry
            public transport    
            publications - classification*    
                 
                 
          S safety (product) T taxi company
            scam (inc. internet)   Tax Office (ATO)
            spam*   tenant
            sexual harassment   telephone service
            secondhand dealer   telephone info service*
            share transaction   telemarketers
            a small business   TV programme*
            solar panels   Trade Practices breach
            solicitor*   travel / travel agent*
            spa*    
            stockbroker  
            superannuation fund    
            surveyor    
            swimming pool*    
                 
          U university
          (public, under state legislation)
          V vet
                video classification*
                 
          W water company* X  
            water tank Y  
            weight loss centre* Z  
            workplace issues