Consumer Action Law Centre
- All cancers
- Legal
- Phone-based service;Online service
The Consumer Action Law Centre is a campaign-focused consumer advocacy organisation. As a community legal centre, it provides free legal advice and pursues litigation on behalf of vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers across Victoria, and is the largest specialist consumer legal practice in Australia. As a financial counselling centre, it operates the National Debt Helpline for Victoria, a not-for-profit email and telephone financial counselling service providing free, confidential and independent financial advice to Victorians experiencing financial difficulty.The centre also provides legal assistance and professional training to community workers and pursues a law reform agenda across a range of important consumer issues.Formed in 2006 by the merger of the Consumer Law Centre Victoria and the Consumer Credit Legal Service, the Consumer Action Law Centre is primarily funded by the Victorian Government, through Victoria Legal Aid and Consumer Affairs Victoria, and the Commonwealth of Australia, through the Department of Social Services and the Attorney-General's Department.