The fuel industry is often asked to explain itself when fuel prices rise – particularly when they apparently rise independently of global moves in oil prices or regional moves in terminal gate...
The Tasmanian Government last week circulated the draft legislation that will be used to enforce new fuel-price-board laws in the state.
The draft legislation – Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) Code of Practice for...
ACAPMA CEO Mark McKenzie has hit out at “periodic public and political bashings of the service-station industry in Australia”.
“As one federal politician put it to me 18 months ago, no politician ever...
ACAPMA says the issue of wage underpayment has not gone away, with CEO Mark McKenzie last week attending a major forum to discuss the problem in Australian workplaces.
Council of Small Business Australia...
The Australian Productivity Commission (APC) has released its report detailing the findings of a year-long inquiry into regulation in the Australian agricultural sector.
While many of the findings are irrelevant to the Australian...
The Queensland Government is exploring the merits of introducing a licensing scheme for the sale of tobacco products throughout the state following the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry.
A copy of the Committee’s...
On February 26, the Queensland Government formally began consultation on a proposal to introduce new laws governing the operation of fuel-price boards across the state.
In making the announcement, Queensland Energy Minister Mark...
Early on Sunday 22 January 2017, ACAPMA began getting calls from NSW fuel retailers claiming that the NSW FuelCheck system was not reporting real-time price data.
Two of the retailers who had reported...
