The Queensland Premier tells Queenslanders on television after the Queensland Cultural Centre (QCC) is destroyed during a performance of Benjamin Keller's Opera (in which the phantom reveals himself to be a suicide bomber) that the Cultural Centre can be rebuilt in three months.This comment is untrue.Experts, politicians and lay-people everywhere agree that the Centre cannot conceivably be rebuilt for at least 5 years.Businesses near the QCC suffer economic loss as a result of the Premier's misrepresentation.Has s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law been contravened?

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The Premier's statement about the rebuilding timeline of the Queensland Cultural Centre does not fall under "in trade or commerce" as required by section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law. This section typically applies to commercial activities, and the Premier's comments were made in a governmental or public policy context, not as part of a commercial transaction or advertisement.

The Queensland Premier Tells Queenslanders on Television After the Queensland