Buying a car?

• Choice -  The latest info about cars and motoring issues
• Red Book - Australia's vehicle pricing authority - information on car makes, models, and valuations.
• Office of Fair Trading - Offers a list of things to look for when buying a car
• PPSR- Personal Property Security Register - make sure your car isn't still under finance.
• Carsafe - A website by the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, who aim to drive down Australia's unacceptable level of vehicle theft. Is your car a hot target for thieves? Do you have enough protection to keep your vehicle secure? Take the CAR-SAFE search to find out. 

Have you been treated unfairly by a business in the motor industry?

• Office of Fair Trading - to lodge an online complaint or to locate office locations and phone numbers

Other useful sites

• Automotive Skills Queensland - Assist's the Queensland automotive industry through providing strategic skills and workforce planning information & advice to Government
• PPQ - Personalised Plates Queensland
• The Australian Privacy Comissioner's Website - to find out all your rights to privacy under the Privacy Act 1988
• Road safety - Australian Government, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
• Fair Trading Licensing Register - This online search service is provided by the Office of Fair Trading to assist consumers and industry to determine if an individual or business they are dealing with holds a current licence or registration under the following Acts;
          Introduction Agents Act 2001
          Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000
          Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003
          Security Providers Act 1993
          Tourism Services Act 2003
          Travel Agents Act 1988.