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The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to authorise arrangements which allow WA Primary Health Alliance Ltd (WAPHA) and a group of organisations managing other Primary Health Networks (PHNs, collectively, the Participating PHNs) to jointly scale up and develop their own data extraction software for use by the Participating PHNs and their affiliated General Practice (GP) clinics (the Proposed Conduct).
The ACCC has granted minor variations to the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association (RCSA)’s authorisation AA1000435, which was granted for 5 years on 8 August 2019. The authorisation relates to RCSA’s professional conduct regime, which sets out professional standards for members, guidelines for the resolution of grievances and processes for dealing with non-compliance by members.
The ACCC proposes to authorise the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group, 3 regional waste and resource recovery groups, and 27 metropolitan Melbourne councils and 8 regional Victorian councils to conduct a collaborative tender process to procure sorting services for commingled household recyclable waste collected from resident kerbsides.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and electricity industry participants for certain maintenance coordination and information sharing arrangements to ensure secure and reliable electricity supply, and minimise the risk of outages, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation for 20 years to six Victorian local councils and Barwon Region Water Corporation (the Applicants) to engage in collective bargaining with each other to negotiate the terms of waste supply agreements covering the provision of organic waste material and the supply of waste processing services through a Regional Renewable Organics Network (RRON) project. The six councils are: Borough of Queenscliff, City of Greater Geelong, Colac Otway Shire, Golden Plains Shire, Surf Coast Shire, Wyndham City Council.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to re-authorise the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA), its members and Community Service Obligation Distributors (the Participants) to enable them to have discussions, enter into or give effect to arrangements, or engage in conduct for the purpose of facilitating the supply of, and access to, medicines and pharmacy products. In addition, authorisation will allow for collective bargaining by the NPSA on behalf of its members in relation to possible vaccine distribution arrangements with the Government.
The ACCC proposes to authorise the City of Hobart Council, and 11 other participating councils in southern Tasmania, to collectively tender and contract for recycling waste processing services.
The ACCC has released a draft determination proposing to re-authorise the Finance Brokers Association of Australia Limited (FBAA) to enable it to continue to implement its disciplinary scheme (consisting of its Disciplinary Rules and certain clauses in its Constitution) (the Conduct) for a further 5 years. This conduct has been previously authorised since 2017 and is substantially unchanged in the current application.
The ACCC proposes to authorise the South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing (the Department) to permit them to coordinate with various health service providers, in order to maximise the effectiveness of their response to the continued COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a final determination granting re-authorisation for arrangements which allow current and future members of Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (the MA/GBMA Working Group) to continue to implement a coordinated strategy in relation to the supply of essential medicines and related devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Re-authorisation is granted with a condition that requires Medicines Australia to report any meetings, discussions, developments or decisions between MA/GBMA Working Group members to the ACCC.
The ACCC has granted re-authorisation with conditions to the Australia New Zealand Industrial Gas Association (ANZIGA), its members and other suppliers of medical oxygen notified to the ACCC. The authorisation enables these parties to exchange information and make and give effect to contracts, arrangements or understandings required to ensure security of supply of medical oxygen to hospitals and similar medical facilities in the event of significant demand increases or supply constraints that arise from the COVID-19 pandemic (the Conduct).
The ACCC proposes to reauthorise Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa to continue to coordinate on the provision of air passenger services on routes between Singapore Home Markets (in Asia and Oceania) and Lufthansa Home Markets (in Europe). The ACCC has authorised these arrangements since 2016.
The ACCC has issued final determinations granting authorisation to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria (the Various States and Territories) to permit them to continue to coordinate with various health service providers, in order to maximise the effectiveness of their responses to the continued COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has decided to grant interim authorisation to the Insurance Council of Australia (the ICA) and its members who issue business interruption insurance policies. The ICA lodged an application for authorisation to enter and give effect to agreements to use a web-based portal called the DSpark Tool that is being developed to assist in the assessment of business interruption insurance claims arising from COVID-19.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to Macquarie Capital (Australia) and its parent company Macquarie Corporate Holdings (Macquarie Group) to identify a group of buyers and collectively negotiate power purchasing agreements with the developer of a new renewable energy project in Victoria, currently a large-scale wind farm.
The ACCC proposes to grant re-authorisation with conditions to the Australia New Zealand Industrial Gas Association (ANZIGA), its members and other suppliers of medical oxygen notified to the ACCC. The authorisation enables the parties to exchange information and make and give effect to contracts, arrangements or understandings required to ensure security of supply of medical oxygen to hospitals and similar medical facilities in the event of significant demand increases or supply constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic (the Conduct).
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to re-authorise arrangements which allow current and future members of Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (the MA/GBMA Working Group) to continue to implement a coordinated strategy in relation to the supply of essential medicines and related devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation in respect of application for re-authorisation AA1000581 lodged by the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group, on behalf of itself, 27 metropolitan councils and 8 regional councils and 3 regional waste and resource recovery groups.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to enable the City of Hobart Council, and 11 other participating councils in southern Tasmania, to progress a collective tender process for recycling waste processing services, including acceptance and sorting. The City of Hobart Council is joined in the tender process by Clarence City Council, Glenorchy City Council, Kingborough Council, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, Tasman Council, Brighton Council, Huon Valley Council, Central Highlands Council, Southern Midlands Council, Sorrell Council, and Derwent Valley Council.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released an issues paper seeking views on whether Port of Portland Limited (POPL) should be exempt from certain parts of the Wheat Port Code of Conduct when providing bulk wheat export port terminal services at Portland.