Transcripts of the public hearings into the Do Not Knock Register Bill are now available on the inquiry home page here.  Consumer Action’s Catriona Lowe and Gerard Brody presented to the Committee on August 22, together with Financial Counselling Australia’s Fiona Guthrie.

Issues discussed include the findings of the ACCC’s recent research into the door to door selling industry, targeting of Indigenous communities, Consumer Action’s research into consumer attitudes toward door to door selling published earlier this year, and the ACCC’s action against energy retailers.