Need to know
- Over the past two years, CHOICE has conducted several tests of products purchased from discount online marketplaces and found many safety failures
- Unsafe goods are pouring in from overseas platforms, despite breaching mandatory Australian safety standards in many cases
- In our second designated complaint to the ACCC, we’re calling for a general safety provision that stops unsafe products from being sold in the first place
This problem is not limited to Australia, unfortunately, as the article also says. It’s a global issue. Local retailers in Australia and other democracies will have to shut down immediately if they offered such items.
Lol no they wouldn’t.
Kmart were selling flammable dinosaur pjs last year, and there are constant choking hazard recalls across multiple retailers.
The lack of regulation is something buyers need to be fucking aware of, but lets not try this “democratic countries” bullshit.