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		<title>Media Contacts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Cummings, Chairman, 0418 953 845 Ken Henrick, Chief Executive Officer, 0417 849 041 or 02 9580 1602]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=106</link>
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		<title>The Australian Retailer interview with John Cummings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cassie Hanson interviewed NARGA Chairman John Cummings for the June 2010 edition of The Australian Retailer. These are excerpts from her interview report. Pictures by Tim Lofthouse, Subiaco, WA. John is President of the Western Australia Independent Grocers Association and has been a director of the National Association of Retail Grocers for more than 10 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=178</link>
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		<title>Submission: Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics detailing NARGA&#8217;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&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=160</link>
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		<title>Access of Small Business to Finance #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Second NARGAÂ submission to Senate Standing Committee on Economics detailing how other governments and jurisdictions support small business access to finance. Read Word Document&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=158</link>
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		<title>Submission to NEPM Regarding Packaging Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mechanisms aimed at reducing the volumes of packaging waste disposed in landfill or making packaging more resource efficient are rarely assessed in the context of their impact on the total supply chain.Â  The current [NEPM] RIS fails to do so, taking as a given the validity of the National Waste Policy and the need for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=163</link>
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		<title>Access of Small Business to Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.Â  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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=153</link>
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		<title>Plastic Shopping Bags and Reusable Bags &#8211; A Comparison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comparison of factors that affect the &#8216;greenness&#8217; of both plastic disposable and reusable shopping bags, demonstrating that reusable bags may not be as environmentally friendly as many people believe. Plastic Bags Document]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=112</link>
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		<title>Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics &#8211; Review of the CPI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submission to Australian Bureau of Statistics to outline the links between the Consumer Price Index and the practical issues confronting the independent grocery sector. Download (Word Format)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=133</link>
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		<title>Current Issues in Australian Competition Policy &#8211; Creeping Acquisitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian consumers will be exposed to increasingly uncompetitive market sharing by the two largest supermarket chains if nothing is done to address current trends.Â  Download (Word format).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=141</link>
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		<title>Current Issues in Australian Competition Policy &#8211; Anti-Competitive Price Discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many other countries have legal prohibitions against anti-competitive price discriminationÂ  -Â  where a company sells identical product to different customers at different prices.Â  Australia does not. Download (WordÂ format)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.narga.net.au/?p=137</link>
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