Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services’ report on the inquiry into the Franchising Code of Conduct tabled in parliament yesterday. Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernard Ripoll, flagged two major changes to the Code. “To assist the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its enforcement role, the committee recommends the introduction... ...Read more »

Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has hit out at the Federal Parliament’s announcement to have another Inquiry into the Franchising Code of Conduct and demands it ‘be the last’. The inquiry, which began on June 25, is to determine whether or not improvements to the Code are required. ARA Executive Director and former CEO of the Franchise Council of Australia, Richard Evans, is bemused by the Parliamentary Corporations and Financial Services Committee’s... ...Read more »

The Senate Committee Inquiry into the proposed tax increase on “alcopops” begun this morning in Canberra with the public hearing, held over the next two days, to have evidence provided by 17 groups (mainly from health and alcohol sectors). The Community Affairs Committee is due to report on ten issues relating to the proposed tax increase on ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages. The primary issues are: the likely effect of the scheme on RTD consumption prevalence, the modelling underpinning... ...Read more »