New toppling furniture information standard - ACCC Product Safety

Since 2000 at least 28 people, including 17 children under 5, have died in Australia from toppling furniture and televisions. Each year more than 900 Australians suffer injuries requiring medical assistance from toppling furniture. Children under 5 years old and older Australians are most at risk.

What’s new?

A new mandatory information standard comes into effect on 4 May 2025, which aims to raise awareness of the hazards of toppling furniture to reduce the risk of death and injury.

This means businesses that make, import, supply, or sell certain furniture have until this date to meet the new requirements. They include:

• attaching permanent warning labels to furniture

• displaying point of sale warnings both in-store and online; and

• providing safety information in the instructions included with toppling furniture

  
  

Suppliers that don’t comply with the standard from 4 May 2025 may be in breach of the Australian Consumer Law and could face enforcement action by the ACCC.

Guidance to help suppliers comply with the mandatory standard can be found in the ACCC supplier guide.