Ethanol supply levels in recovery mode
The supply of ethanol across Australia is improving, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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ACCC monitors NT prices after derailment
The ACCC has warned Northern Territory businesses not to set prices unfairly in the wake of last month's freight train derailment near Katherine
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Thumbs up to collective bargaining for coal network access
ACCC approves collective bargaining between Bowen Basin coal miners and QR Network for access to below rail coal infrastructure
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ACCC gives up the fight over Franklins
ACCC rules out appealing to the High Court to quash Metcash's takeover of Franklins
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Metcash to digest Franklins logistics after court win
Metcash’s supply chain will continue swallowing the load of 80 NSW and ACT more stores, now that the full bench of the Federal Court has rejected Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s application to prevent Metcash from acquiring the Franklins supermarket business.
In doing so, the Federal Court held that state markets were part of a broader national market, the point that Metcash has always argued.
“We will continue the process of seeking and reviewing expressions of interest for the stores, which are being sold to independent retailers,” Metcash CEO Andrew Reitzer says.
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Price fixing hits Korean Air Lines for $5.5 million
Sydney’s Federal Court has penalised Korean Air Lines $5.5 million for price fixing air freight services as part of a cartel
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Grain restrictions at Port Adelaide to be lifted
Viterra is set to start easing receivals restrictions affecting trucks at Port Adelaide tomorrow.
The agribusiness had yesterday flagged a 48-hour commodity and grade hiatus to avoid congestion at the port following delays in arrivals of ships servicing the state’s harvest.
“Port Adelaide is primarily an export shipping terminal and as such our first priority is in meeting shipping requirements,” Viterra’s Executive Manager Grain Dean McQueen says.
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Plan for how you pass on carbon tax: lawyers
Warning that 'carbon cop' armed with broad powers will be on the lookout and could well behave like it did with GST
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ACCC warning on port capacity and landside performance
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has raised the spectre of Melbourne port capacity constraints by 2015 imitating those experienced recently in Sydney.
It also notes that stevedores lack any incentive to improve poor performance in servicing trucks, except in Sydney under the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS).
Commenting on the ACCC’s annual report on stevedoring operations, Container stevedoring monitoring report no. 13, Chairman Rod Sims urges the Victorian Government to embrace stevedoring newcomer Hutchison Port Holdings, which is due to start operations in Sydney and Brisbane in 2013.
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ACCC to keep close eye on market power
New ACCC chairman vows to keep close watch on market power in a number of sectors, including the supermarket chain
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ACCC backs wheat terminal access pledges
Agri-bussinesses with export terminals agree to four-point arrangement in dealings with exporters
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Take care in passing on carbon tax says lawyer
As the Federal Government unveils the detail of its carbon tax, a legal expert has warned heavy-vehicle operators about how they pass on costs.
Bill Hazlett, a Partner at Hunt&Hunt Lawyers, has highlighted the need for operators to ensure their paper work is in order or risk prosecution if customers object to the way increases are undertaken.
He notes that contracts can specifically allow the passing on of the costs of either permits, reductions in the fuel tax credit entitlement, or unit shortfall costs.
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Franklins on the brink, so Metcash gets takeover approval
Metcash granted approval to finalise takeover of financially-stricken supermarket chain Franklins, but ACCC wins right to appeal
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Metcash disappointed, but ACCC to appeal
The ACCC is appealing a Federal Court decision granting Metcash the right to take over the Franklins supermarket business
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Containerchain performance dubbed 'outstanding'
Early days for empty container park technology but trucking operators praised for ensuring smooth introduction
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Metcash beats ACCC in legal stoush
Federal Court win opens way to purchase of Franklins from Pick n Pay
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New contract regime seals capacity promise
ARTC secures new rail access contracts with Hunter Valley coal producers to deliver long term certainty about capacity and tonnages
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ACCC calls for auction system at Viterra terminals
Australia’s competition watchdog turns down global agribusiness Viterra’s proposal to continue first come, first served access at SA ports
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GS1 Recallnet removes agony of product recalls
GS1 Australia will launch its new product recall service GS1 Recallnet at a one- day conference in Sydney on Thursday
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CBH clings to grain monopoly
CBH Group will fight the ACCC’s decision to revoke its monopoly grip on the Western Australian grain industry
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