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The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to Co-Operative Supermarkets Australia Limited, on behalf of itself and its members (together, the Applicants), to enable the Applicants to commence negotiations with suppliers and allow information sharing between members regarding terms of supply to support these negotiations.
The ACCC has decided not to object to a collective bargaining notification lodged by TSG Franchise Management on behalf of itself and current and future franchisees.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant conditional re-authorisation for current and future participants within the North West Power System (NWPS) to agree to rules related to the coordination of dispatch of generators, and demand management and load shedding of certain electricity consumers in the NWPS (the Dispatch Protocol).
The ACCC has decided to grant authorisation to a proposed joint renewable energy purchasing group (Melbourne Renewable Energy Project 2). Authorisation allows current and future members of the group to pool their electricity demand and collectively tender with electricity suppliers on the basis of that aggregated demand.
New safety requirements for miniature motorbikes will strengthen consumer protection for young riders. The Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer the Hon Michael Sukkar has accepted advice from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to improve the safety of miniature motorbikes with a new safety standard.
The ACCC has decided not to object to a collective bargaining notification lodged by the Virginia Irrigation Association Incorporated (VIA) on behalf of current and future members, to negotiate customer contracts with the South Australian Water Corporation for recycled water supplied via the Virginia Pipeline Scheme (VPS).
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Municipal Association of Victoria and 48 Victorian Councils to pool their electricity demand and place a single tender calling for proposals for the supply of retail electricity services and renewable energy certificates (i.e. Large Scale Generation Certificates) from an electricity retailer. The ACCC proposes to grant authorisation for 11 years.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) and a group of 31 councils located across metropolitan Melbourne (together, the Applicants) to jointly procure services for receiving residual waste and related ancillary services.
The ACCC has decided to grant authorisation to the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) and a group of 16 councils located in south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne (collectively, the Applicants), to conduct a collaborative tender process for the procurement of advanced waste processing (AWP) services. This may include the construction of one or more advanced waste processing facilities.
The ACCC has decided not to object to Australia Post’s proposal to increase the prices of ordinary letter services delivered to its regular timetable, including the basic postage rate (BPR) from $1.00 to $1.10.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG), and a group of 30 councils located in metropolitan Melbourne (collectively, the Applicants), to conduct a collaborative tender process for the procurement of sorting services for commingled recyclable waste collected from residents’ kerbsides.
The ACCC has released a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to the Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group and eight local councils in regional Victoria and Southern New South Wales (the Applicants) to collectively tender and contract for a range of waste and resource recovery services until 1 July 2036.
The ACCC has published an update in relation to its recent assessment of e-SIMs in Australia. The ACCC considered potential competition issues associated with the use and implementation of e-SIMs in our communications sector market study, which concluded in April 2018.