Part of the work CHOICE undertakes is to make policy level submissions, complaints and produce evidence-based reports to help guide policymakers, with a view to our mission of creating better, safer and fairer products and services for all Australians. This new section of the Community is to encourage discussion of policy issues and approaches, for those who are interested in this type of thing.
Do you have any clever names for our new section? Post them in the comments below and we’ll consider naming our new section after your suggestion. If needed, we’ll run a poll to decide the winner.
Echoic (rearranging the letters of Choice)…might be applicable as it could be used as the reverberation or ‘echo’ of a policy, complaint or evidence based messages. One could also have fun with the logo…
When Choice goes to bat for consumers on issues, you could sincerely say they are the “Voice of Reason” for Australian consumers. It is reasonable to expect car companies to deal fairly with customers who have bought a lemon. It is reasonable that when Australian consumers try to buy eggs that are ethically procured, they have the true information to make that Choice ;).
I’ve always viewed Choice as the Voice of Reason, whether it be through informing consumers about which products might suit them better through Product Tests, dodgy companies or products to avoid (Shonkys) and the campaigns to bring more awareness about situations that may need change. I have to give extra credit to the campaign staff here as I respect the way campaigns are handled. We are never told to sign up to a campaign, we are asked whether we agree with what the campaign is about and if we wish to join. That shows a respect to the Choice community in wanting us to make up our own minds, not follow blindly. So thanks for giving us more credit than our pollies do lol!
Excellent idea. To facilitate awareness and use, I think the word "policy: needs to be there.
How about POLICY FORUM/POLICY ISSUES/POLICY INPUT/POLICY MART?
May need to have sub categories to deal with industry specific issues as well as cross industry ones like guarantees, dispute resolution, consumer information and empowerment, scams, etc.