Senate debates

Monday, 22 November 2010

Notices

Presentation

3:46 pm

Photo of Ron BoswellRon Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 17 December 2010:

The decision of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to oppose the proposed acquisition of the Franklins supermarket business by Metcash Trading Limited, with particular reference to:

(a)
the basis of the ACCC decision to oppose the proposed purchase;
(b)
the competition impacts of the decision at the retail and wholesale levels;
(c)
whether the Franklins’ distribution warehouses, supplying eight franchised stores, could be regarded as an independently sustainable wholesale business; and
(d)
any other related matters.