The Australian laws for credit reporting have changed. Currently a credit report about an individual that can be shared by lenders or any other service provider is limited to credit applications and credit defaults, hence only “negative credit reporting”. Meaning…

In 2012, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received 26,000 reports of scam emails in relation to tax refunds. During the first quarter of 2013 this number was 11000 that is triple as many as this time last year. The ATO…