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The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to enable the Insurance Council of Australia (the ICA) and firms that issue business interruption insurance policies to enter and give effect to agreements to use a web-based portal called the DSpark Tool to assist in the assessment of business interruption insurance claims arising from COVID-19. The DSpark Tool provides a common database that aggregates existing, publicly available information about COVID-19 exposure sites and public health orders.
The ACCC has issued a final determination granting 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 decided to authorise the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group, 3 regional waste and resource recovery groups, 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 residents’ kerbsides.
The ACCC has released a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Barwon South West Waste and Resource Recovery Group and the Colac Otway Shire Council, Moyne Shire Council, Corangamite Shire Council, Borough of Queenscliffe, City of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire Council and Glenelg Shire Council (the Applicants).
The ACCC has released a determination re-authorising the Finance Brokers Association of Australia Limited (FBAA) 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.
The ACCC has authorised 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 decided to authorise the Gippsland Waste and Resource Recovery Group (GWRRG) and 6 councils located in Gippsland, Victoria, to jointly tender, procure and manage residual waste services. The councils are likely to sign individual contracts with the successful tenderer/s but are also seeking authorisation to jointly manage their contracts with the supplier(s) as they may wish to engage in some joint management activities. Waste service suppliers will be able to tender to supply each council and/or groups of councils (Proposed Conduct).
The ACCC has reauthorised 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 granted authorisation for 20 years to 6 Victorian local councils and Barwon Region Water Corporation (the Applicants) for the 6 councils to collectively bargain with Barwon Water 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
The ACCC has released a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC), City of Bayswater, Town of Bassendean and the Shire of Mundaring (the Applicants) to establish a Regional Waste Collection Service operated by the EMRC, where each of the 3 councils will jointly negotiate and enter into service agreements with the EMRC for the provision of collection and ancillary waste services.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to the Gladstone Regional Council, Rockhampton Regional Council, Livingstone Shire Council, Central Highlands Regional Council and Banana Shire Council (the Councils) to enable them to commence tendering for recyclable waste processing services while the ACCC is considering the substantive authorisation application. The ACCC also issued a draft determination proposing to authorise the Councils to engage in a collective tender for the long term joint procurement and collective management of the resulting contracts until 30 January 2041.
The ACCC has released a draft determination proposing to grant Port of Portland Pty Ltd (POPL) exempt service provider status in relation to its Portland port terminal facility under the Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat) Code of Conduct.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (the MFAA) to enable it to implement its revised Disciplinary Rules while the ACCC assesses the substantive application for re-authorisation. The ACCC also issued a draft determination proposing to re-authorise the MFAA’s revised Disciplinary Rules for five years.
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.