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Making everday products easy to repair
There is growing community concern that repairing everyday products is getting harder, with higher costs for consumers.
A draft report by the Productivity Commission on a ‘right to repair’ outlines some measures governments could take to assist consumers to get their products repaired.
“In general, consumer protections work well in Australia, but we are proposing some practical steps that could make it easier for consumers to get goods repaired and enforce the consumer guarantees,” Commissioner Paul Lindwall said.
The report found that many independent repairers find it difficult to access the spare parts, tools and information they need to repair products.