Stuff magazine was an important consumer publication produced by Consumer Affairs Victoria for school leavers. It provided advice and information on a range of consumer issues affecting young people, such as buying a car, mobile phones, renting, shopping rights and alcohol.

2006 edition
The 2006 edition is still available. You can download a electronic copy below, or order a print version.



Download electronic copy
You can download individual chapters, or the entire magazine as one file.

Download individual chapters:

• Introduction - Message from the Ministers (PDF, 834KB)
• Schoolies week - All you need to know before leaving home (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Shopping - Hit the shops and don't get ripped off (PDF, 1MB)
• Renting - The ABC of sharing a house (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Healthy living - Get a high from staying active (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Buying a car - Get mobile and know the wheel thing (PDF, 1.6MB)
• Contacts - Where to go for more info (PDF, 433KB)
• Mobile phones - Stay totally mobile and well connected (PDF, 940KB)
• Sexuality - Some important advice on the S-word (PDF, 340KB)
• Drugs & alcohol - The lowdown on dealing with some big issues (PDF, 596KB)
• Body image - The long and the short of it (PDF, 614KB)
• University - Find your way through the university daze (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Careers - A brilliant career awaits you (PDF, 776KB)
• Law & you - How to avoid a bit of bother (PDF, 449KB)
• Finding work - Working it to find your top job (PDF, 789KB)
• FReeZACentral - Totally wired to making it big in music (PDF, 1.2MB)

OR

Download magazine as one file:

• Stuff Magazine 2006 edition(PDF, 14MB)

You will need the Acrobat Reader to read or print these files. Visit the Adobe site and follow the steps to download and install the Acrobat reader.