Amazon sold light months after being told of fire danger

Key points

• Amazon Australia has removed a $48 LED ceiling light from sale after an industry body warned it about the product months earlier. Lighting Council Australia tested the light after buying it and found it kept burning after a glow-wire test and had exposed live wires.
• The council found seven in 10 of more than 130 lights tested failed safety standards, with nine in 10 Amazon products failing at least one check.
• Consumer group CHOICE says the sale of unsafe products is systemic, and the competition regulator says current laws generally do not cover online marketplaces.