NARGA Chairman John Cummings

Competition Law Reform

Submission: Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

by Ken on June 7, 2010

Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics detailing NARGA’s concerns that the independent grocery sector is losing market share to the extent that their wholesaling and distribution networks will become unviable. Read More…

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Access of Small Business to Finance

by Ken Henrick on April 14, 2010

A review of current bank interest rates as regularly advertised in national dailies shows a substantial difference in the rates being charged to home owners as opposed to businesses.  This is in spite of the fact that business loans are often secured through mortgages on private property suggesting that the risk profile is not all [...]

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Current Issues in Australian Competition Policy – Creeping Acquisitions

19 February 2010

Australian consumers will be exposed to increasingly uncompetitive market sharing by the two largest supermarket chains if nothing is done to address current trends.  Download (Word format).

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Current Issues in Australian Competition Policy – Anti-Competitive Price Discrimination

18 February 2010

Many other countries have legal prohibitions against anti-competitive price discrimination  -  where a company sells identical product to different customers at different prices.  Australia does not. Download (Word format)

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Submission to Treasury – Unconscionable Conduct Issues Paper 2009

18 December 2009

To give affected parties the confidence to bring a complaint of unconscionable conduct to the attention of the regulator they need to be sure that their complaint is taken seriously, that it will be acted on and that they will not be left to the mercy of the aggressor should the regulator decide to investigate [...]

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Senate Submission – Inquiry into the Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices – Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009

6 September 2009

NARGA supports a competitive market for goods and services and believes that price discrimination legislation will assist with making the Australian marketplace more competitive. Read the full submission

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Treasury Submission: Creeping Acquisitions – The Way Forward

29 May 2009

NARGA submission to the Treasury Competition and Consumer Policy Division Creeping Acquisitions.doc

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Submission to Treasury – Draft Unit Pricing Code

20 April 2009

NARGA submission to Treasury’s Competition and Consumer Policy Division, questioning whether the draft Unit Pricing Code actually delivers on its’ stated intentions, and highlighting a range of competition concerns related to the proposed Code. Download (Word format)

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Letter to Treasury – consolidation of State and Federal Consumer Law

17 March 2009

NARGA supports consolidation of State and Federal consumer laws, and recommends inclusion of small businesses within the definition of ‘consumer’, so they are afforded protection in dealing with larger suppliers. Download (Word format)

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Submission – Creeping Acquisitions

4 July 2008

We use this submission to support the need to address the issue of ‘Creeping Acquisitions’ in our sector and in any other sector where market concentration is affecting competition. Our recent submissions to government and the ACCC have highlighted the fact that in the grocery sector, the two major players together have a share of [...]

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