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Consumer Law Breach leads to Get Qualified Australia and its Owner Fined $8.5m

Consumer Law Breach leads to Get Qualified Australia and its Owner Fined $8.5m

Consumer Law Breach leads to Get Qualified Australia and its Owner Fined $8.5m

Get Qualified Australia (GQA), a now defunct education company had proposed to convert people’s hands-on work experience into qualifications. GQA went into liquidation this March.

 

 

The Federal Court’s Justice Jonathan Beach said GQA had displayed serious, extensive and deliberate misconduct and that “it took place within the context of a nonexistent compliance culture, a cavalier attitude towards consumers, and the knowledge and direct involvement of senior management”.

 

Citing the reasons for his judgement Justice Beach says that the education system, “… had been infected by the parasitic practices of operators preying upon the vulnerable and the unwary.”

 

Court’s action:

 

The ACCC’s commissioner Sarah Court said that GQA “… took advantage of the vulnerable people…” and “[W]e believe the substantial penalties imposed in this case do reflect the egregious conduct of both GQA and Mr Wadi”.

 

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