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The ACCC’s Small Business, Franchising and the newly formed Agriculture Consultative Committees provide a forum through which competition and consumer protection concerns related to their respective sectors can be considered and addressed collaboratively.
On 1 January 2015, the old Franchising Code was repealed and replaced with a new Franchising Code of Conduct. The new Code introduced a number of new requirements including that franchisors provide additional information, disclosure and greater transparency to prospective and established franchisees.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a determination varying the authorisation granted to South Australian chicken growers contracted to Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd (Inghams), which allows them to collectively bargain with Inghams.
Scams and cybercrime such as identity theft impose significant financial, legal and reputational costs on thousands of small businesses each year. The ACCC and IPA are hosting a free forum on small business scams and cybercrime.
The ACCC has decided to grant authorisation for 10 years to the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia Inc to continue to collectively bargain on behalf of its current and future members and to give effect to arrangements for the acquisition of Essential Aviation Services from operators of international airports.
The ACCC grants authorisation to the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association to allow them to continue to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of growing contracts with vegetable processors in Tasmania.
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