I live in QLD and have one of those wireless energy monitors and I bought one of those power meters from jaycar and was quite suprised at what some home appliances use just sitting there in standby doing nothing. It says the accuracy of the jaycar device is +/- 10watts or +/- 4%

My Panasonic NN-ST677M microwave uses 71 watts doing nothing except for displaying the time wtf?? At 16.29 cents per kWh thats $100 a year down the drain, luckily the power point switch for the microwave is easy to get to.

My Samsung LCD TV uses 24 watts in standby, again $34 a year. Considering most TV's specifiy less than 2 watts in standby that's excessively high.

Washing machine 9 watts, etc etc.

The microwave specs don't specify the standby usage for the microwave, is there any energy standards these appliance manufacturers have to stick to? If the tech specs don't match what the thing actually uses would this entitle the purchaser to a refund?