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The Investigators (Australian TV Series)
''The Investigators'' is an Australian consumer affairs television series, which aired on the ABC from 1985 to 1995. The program's host and chief reporter was Helen Wellings,Helen Wellings
''Today Tonight''.
who replaced original host in 1987. Other reporters who worked on the program include foreign correspondent Eric Campbell, politician , reporter

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Consumer Protection
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices in order to gain an advantage over competitors or to mislead consumers. They may also provide additional protection for the general public which may be impacted by a product (or its production) even when they are not the direct purchaser or consumer of that product. For example, government regulations may require businesses to disclose detailed information about their products—particularly in areas where public health or safety is an issue, such as with food or automobiles. Consumer protection is linked to the idea of consumer rights and to the formation of consumer organizations, which help consumers make better choices in the marketplace and pursue complaints against businesses. ...
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Sonia Humphrey
Sonia Denise Humphrey (10 November 1947 – 1 January 2011) was an Australian television presenter, newsreader and journalist. Humphrey was a talented ballerina as a child and studied television production before working as an archaeologist for five years; during this period she also converted to Judaism. In the mid 1970s Humphrey worked as a television reporter and newsreader in Australia before presenting opera and ballet simulcasts for the Australian national broadcaster ABC. The management of ABC tried to remove Humphrey as a presenter of opera broadcasts due to her pregnancy, citing "aesthetic reasons". Humphrey pursued legal action against ABC, and the decision was reversed. Early life and ballet career Sonia Humphrey was born in 1947 in Cambridge, England to Australian scientists George Humphrey and Beverley Franklin. She was a talented ballerina, and was the youngest recipient of a diploma with solo seal from the Royal Academy of Dance—the academy's highest award. She e ...
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Helen Wellings
Helen Wellings is an Australian journalist and consumer advocate. Wellings is currently a Consumer Editor for ''Seven News''. She has been a senior reporter for the Seven Network for 20 years. Education and teaching career Wellings studied a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Russian history)and a teaching diploma at Monash University. She worked as a secondary school teacher in Victoria for two years, teaching senior history and English.''Who's Who Australian Women 2015'', ConnectWeb, 2015. Consumer advocacy and television career In 1973, Wellings moved to Sydney but was unable to work as a teacher as her files were lost by the Department of Education.Freeman, Jane: "The Selling of Helen Wellings", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 8 January 1996. Instead, she joined the New South Wales Department of Consumer Affairs to implement information programs on consumer rights as head of the department's education and publicity unit. In this role, she made numerous media appearances as a ...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ...
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ABC (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Netwo ...
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Eric Campbell (reporter)
Eric Campbell is a prominent Australian foreign correspondent, who began his career as a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.Eric Campbell
His assignments have included reporting the wars in , and the , tracking polar bears in the Arctic, filming at secret military bases in Central

Sarah Henderson
Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964)HENDERSON, Sarah (1964–)
''Illustrated Heritage Guide to The Geelong College''.
is an Australian politician, lawyer and former journalist. She has been a for since September 2019, representing the . She previously held the

Leigh McClusky
Leigh Carol McClusky is an Australians, Australian journalist and presenter who has previously worked for Seven Network, Channel 7 in SAS-7, Adelaide. She held the role of presenter of Today Tonight, Today Tonight South Australia from 30 January 1995 to 17 August 2007. Career She started her career as a cadet reporter for the Melbourne Herald in 1979. Since then she has worked throughout the Australian media. McClusky was also a feature writer for the Australian Associated Press, as well as a researcher and reporter for the ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC program ''The Investigators (Australian TV series), The Investigators''. She has also worked on country newspapers and spent two years reporting with Nine Network, Channel Nine's ''A Current Affair (Australian TV series), A Current Affair''. In 1992 McClusky moved to Adelaide to present the ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC's ''The 7.30 Report'', which at that time was state-based. When the program became ...
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Jon Faine
Jonathan Eric Faine (born 21 September 1956) is an Australian former radio presenter who hosted the morning program on ABC Radio Melbourne in Melbourne. Faine is recognised as a prominent and influential member of the Australian Jewish community. Early life and education Faine was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. He emigrated to Sydney with his parents at a young age. Later they moved to Melbourne in 1968, where he attended Melbourne High School. Faine graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1979 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1981 at Monash University, where he worked as an intern at the Springvale Legal Centre, and is promoted as a prominent alumnus on the university's website. After graduation, he began his professional career as a solicitor at the Melbourne law firms Barker Harty and Co, and Holding Redlich and Co, and then at the Fitzroy Legal Service. He is a left leaning journalist that is aligned to the ALP. Career Faine began his professional career practising as a solicitor ...
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Logie Awards Of 1993
The 35th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 19 March 1993 at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne, and broadcast on Network Ten. The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton and guests included John Spencer, Vanessa Williams, Tom Jones, Pamela Stephenson, Juliet Mills, Hayley Mills, Yahoo Serious and Dame Edna. Nominees and winners Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Gold Logie Acting/Presenting Most Popular Programs/Videos Most Outstanding Programs Performers * Tom Jones and John Farnham *Hot Shoe Shuffle *Jean Kittson and Mary-Anne Fahey * Julie McGregor *Rachael Beck *Kelley Abbey *Todd McKenney *Nathan Cavaleri Hall of Fame After a lifetime in Australian television, Reg Grundy became the 10th inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame. References External links * {{Logie Awards years 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian ...
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The 7
7 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 7 or seven may also refer to: * AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era * 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era * The month of July Music Artists * Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist * Seven (Korean singer) (born 1984), a South Korean recording artist * Se7en (American singer) (born 1986), the former stage name of Sevyn Streeter * Mick Thomson or #7, an American recording artist * Seven (band), a British AOR band * The Seven (band) a late 1960s rock band from Syracuse, New York * Seven (record producer) (born 1980), an American producer * S Club 7, a British pop band * SVN, a British pop band featuring Aimie Atkinson and Jarnéia Richard-Noel from the cast of ''SIX'' * Sevendust, a hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia Albums * ''7'' (Apoptygma Berzerk album), 1996 * ''7'' (Beach House album), 2018 * ''7'' (Bushido album), 2007 * ''7'' (Con Funk Shun album), 1981 * ''7'' (David Guetta album), 2018 * ''7'' (David ...
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Consumer Protection Television Series
A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or uses purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. The term most commonly refers to a person who purchases goods and services for personal use. Consumer rights “Consumers, by definition, include us all," said President John F. Kennedy, offering his definition to the United States Congress on March 15, 1962. This speech became the basis for the creation of World Consumer Rights Day, now celebrated on March 15. In his speech : John Fitzgerald Kennedy outlined the integral responsibility to consumers from their respective governments to help exercise consumers' rights, including: *The right to safety: To be protected against the marketing of goods that are hazardous to health or life. *The right to be informed: To be protected against fraudulent, deceitful, or grossly misleading informatio ...
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