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APY Lands, Consumer Rights DVD

The Hon. J.S. LEE (15:06): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Business Services and Consumers questions about the Deadly Dollars DVD.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.S. LEE: As reported in the Consumer and Business Services annual report for 2013-14, it is stated that the department received a grant from the commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to develop a consumer rights DVD aimed at Aboriginal consumers living in the APY lands. The DVD titled Deadly Dollars—Something for Nothing shows what can happen to an APY family when lumbered by debts caused by expensive contracts and impulsive purchases. My questions are:

1. Can the minister advise how many APY families this campaign has reached and the impact it has had on the families?

2. What evidence does the minister have that these campaigns are addressing consumer issues for residents in the APY lands?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (15:07): I thank the honourable member for her most important questions. Indeed, I think that I spoke on this DVD at the time of its release. The reason the DVD was developed was because, through consultation with various Aboriginal groups, certain consumer problems were identified on the lands, particularly around 'tiki', which is the shops taking the credit cards of consumers and keeping them, and a range of other issues as well.

There were specific problems that were identified as occurring on the lands, so a DVD was developed, using culturally appropriate and sensitive material and language, etc., and devised in a way to speak to and reach the people on the lands who had concerns in relation to these consumer issues. I can't remember how many we disseminated, but I am pretty sure I did announce at the time how many we were putting out there. I am happy to do a progress report on that in terms of what the uptake was like and how far that went out. I know that the feedback at the time when we released it was extremely positive. We are very pleased with how well it was received at that time, but I am happy to follow that up and see what the longer term results have been.

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