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The ACCC has decided to grant authorisation to the Mortgage and Finance Association Australia (MFAA), for two years until 21 March 2022, to allow it to continue administer its disciplinary rules, which enforce the MFAA’s Code of Practice.
The ACCC has released a determination granting 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 works to enhance the welfare of Australians by promoting competition and fair trading and regulating national infrastructure. This report highlights the range of activities engaged in by the ACCC to achieve its purpose in the December 2019 quarter.
The ACCC has issued a determination granting authorisation to Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG), and a group of 30 councils located in metropolitan Melbourne to conduct a collaborative tender process for the procurement of sorting services for commingled recyclable waste collected from residents’ kerbsides.
The ACCC has granted interim authorisation to a group of car rental operators at Cairns Airport (the Applicants), to enable the Applicants to engage in the initial stages of collective negotiations with Cairns Airport.
The ACCC has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to enable the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG), on behalf of itself, eight metropolitan Melbourne councils who are currently part of the South Eastern Organics Group and the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (together, the Applicants), to jointly procure organic waste processing services.
The ACCC has granted authorisation to the Municipal Association of Victoria and 48 Victorian local 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.
There are currently a wide range of appeals raising funds for people and animals affected by the bushfires. Unfortunately, some of these are scams. The ACCC has set up a dedicated phone number for the public to report bushfire related scams.
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.