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Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin to advise Australian government on Israel’s response to strikes which killed Zomi Frankcom and six of her World Central Kitchen colleagues. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEmerson outlines interim report on supermarketsFormer Labor trade minister Craig Emerson was on ABC RN earlier this morning to discuss his interim report on the supermarket giants, which has recommended a mandatory code of conduct.Because if the suppliers are really you know, operating on survival mode, they’re not going to have the money to invest to upgrade their facilities, provide [better] products at lower price. So this actually fits into the cost of living issue quite well, and what I’m trying to do here is have the best of both worlds.And by that I mean yes, have ACCC watchdog enforcement through a mandatory code, but also keep some of the provisions of the existing voluntary code where people are encouraged to sort things out amicably through mediation, but ultimately, if necessary, through arbitration. Continue reading...
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin to advise Australian government on Israel’s response to strikes which killed Zomi Frankcom and six of her World Central Kitchen colleagues. Follow the day’s news live
Emerson outlines interim report on supermarkets
Former Labor trade minister Craig Emerson was on ABC RN earlier this morning to discuss his interim report on the supermarket giants, which has recommended a mandatory code of conduct.
Because if the suppliers are really you know, operating on survival mode, they’re not going to have the money to invest to upgrade their facilities, provide [better] products at lower price. So this actually fits into the cost of living issue quite well, and what I’m trying to do here is have the best of both worlds.
And by that I mean yes, have ACCC watchdog enforcement through a mandatory code, but also keep some of the provisions of the existing voluntary code where people are encouraged to sort things out amicably through mediation, but ultimately, if necessary, through arbitration. Continue reading...
