The Australian Consumer Law was passed in January of 2011, with one of the major stipulations being that companies must provide customers with a "reasonable" warranty period for products. For expensive items like computers, a period of two years is suggested. The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Apple has increased the standard warranty on its products to two years to comply with the law, but is telling retail employees to not discuss those changes with customers.
The newspaper obtained an email from an Australian Apple retail store instructing staff not to talk about the new warranty with customers. In some cases, Australian customers who request repair or replacemen
