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MCCA (The Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs)

The Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (MCCA) consists of all Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers responsible for fair trading, consumer protection laws and credit laws.

The role of MCCA is to consider consumer affairs and fair trading matters of national significance and, where possible, develop a consistent approach to those issues.

The Ministers meet once a year, and there are also several sub-committees that meet throughout the year to discuss specific aspects of consumer protection.

At the top level there is the Standing Committee of Officials of Consumer Affairs (SCOCA), which consists of all chief executive officers of consumer protection agencies. Under SCOCA, there are four advisory committees which deal with different aspects of consumer protection: