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The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to enable Ingham’s, Turosi, Hazeldene’s Chicken Farm and the Australian Chicken Meat Federation (the representative body for the chicken meat industry) to coordinate through a ‘COVID Working Group’ to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated Victorian stage 4 restrictions on the chicken meat industry.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to enable the National Lotteries and Newsagents Association (NLNA) to collectively bargain on behalf of its current and future members with Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (Tabcorp).
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to Private Healthcare Australia Limited (PHA), its members, and Members Health Fund Alliance and its members (the Participating Parties) to make, and give effect to, arrangements, and to discuss and share information with each other in relation to private health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to the National Pharmaceutical Services Association (the NPSA), its current and future members and Community Service Obligation Distributors (together, the Participants) to coordinate activities necessary for the purpose of providing continued and equitable access to medicines and pharmacy products for all Australians during supply shortages that may arise from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to the National Honda Dealer Council (NHDC) to enable itself and represented Honda Australia dealers to share information, and to commence negotiations with Honda Australia about the proposed terms of a new agency model proposed to be entered into between Honda Australia and dealers, whereby dealers would deal with consumers as agents of Honda Australia in some respects rather than in their own right (the New Model).
The ACCC has issued a final determination granting conditional authorisation to enable Regional Express Pty Ltd (Rex) to coordinate flight schedules with Qantas and/or Virgin Australia to efficiently manage capacity, and share revenue as necessary, on 10 regional routes in response to the collapse in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to Medical Technology Association of Australia Limited, its members, and relevant non-members in the medical technology industry to cooperate in the supply of medical equipment and related supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a final determination granting authorisation to enable NBN Co and a group of retail communications services providers (the Special Working Group) to discuss, agree, and implement capacity optimisation strategies for the National Broadband Network, solely for the purpose of responding to the changes in demand on the network resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to enable Qantas and China Eastern Airlines' to continue to give effect to a joint coordination agreement that has been in place since 2015. The agreement facilitates an alliance between Qantas and China Eastern Airlines for operations between Australia and mainland China.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to enable Gladstone Regional Council, Rockhampton Regional Council, Livingstone Shire Council and Central Highlands Regional Council (together the Participating Councils) to jointly procure recyclables processing services for three years.
On 2 September 2020, the ACCC has issued a determination granting conditional authorisation to enable the Australian Energy Council (AEC), its members and other participating retailers of gas or electricity to engage in collective conduct for the purpose of providing financial and/or other relief to retail energy customers facing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant conditional authorisation to the Australian New Zealand Industrial Gas Association (ANZIGA). Authorisation would enable ANZIGA’s members and their related bodies corporate and other suppliers of medical oxygen to hospitals and similar medical facilities to exchange information and make and give effect to contracts, arrangements and understandings to ensure security of supply of medical oxygen to hospitals and similar medical facilities during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
The ACCC has not objected to the notification lodged by the Redcliffe Aerodrome Chamber of Commerce Inc. to enable current and future tenants at the Redcliffe Aerodrome to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of Redcliffe Aerodrome Hangar lease agreements with Moreton Bay Regional Council, the owner of the Redcliffe Aerodrome, which is located in Queensland.
On 26 August 2020, the ACCC issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to enable a group of 47 Victorian local councils (the Councils), led by Darebin City Council, to pool their electricity demand and place a single tender calling for proposals for the supply of retail electricity services and renewable energy certificates from an electricity retailer.
The ACCC has granted authorisation to the Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collecting Society Ltd (ASDACS) to make its membership conditional on directors assigning to it all of the copyrights they have in relation to the retransmission of the non-commissioned films they direct. ASDACS is a copyright collecting society that administers and distributes royalties to screen directors for their audio-visual productions. The arrangements will assist ASDACS to claim royalties for its member directors by preventing those directors from assigning the copyrights to another party.
Dairy processor Saputo Dairy Australia (Saputo) will review and improve its internal processes after the ACCC concluded it was likely to have breached the mandatory dairy code of conduct by failing to publish its milk supply agreements by the required deadline of 2.00pm on 1 June 2020.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting conditional authorisation to enable members of the mining sector to coordinate and collaborate to respond to disruptions in the supply of specified critical services and supplies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting conditional authorisation to enable AMA NSW and participating VMOs to collectively negotiate with Private Hospital Operators regarding the terms and conditions for VMOs engaged to provide medical services to public patients in the NSW private hospital system in responding to the Pandemic.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting conditional authorisation to enable Australian Banking Association member banks and third party suppliers or agents (where relevant) to enter into agreements for the purpose of providing relief to bank customers who are suffering hardship (including reduced levels of service or reduced access to banking services), or may suffer such hardship without that conduct, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government measures.
The ACCC has issued final determinations granting conditional authorisation to enable private and public hospital operators, along with government health authorities in each Australian state and territory to work with each other in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.