Public hearing - Melbourne, Wednesday 5 November 2008

Inquiry into franchising and code of conduct

Public hearing - Melbourne, Wednesday 5 November 2008

9.00am – 4:00pm
Seminar Room 1, Monash Conference Centre
Level 7, 30 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Time Witness
9.00am – 9.45am

Australian Retailers Association (Sub. 135)
Mr Richard Evans, Executive Director

9.45am – 10.30am

Franchise Council of Australia (Sub. 103)
Mr John O'Brien, Chairman
Mr Stephen Giles, Legal Committee Chair
Mr Tony Melhem, Franchisees Forum Chair
Mr Steve Wright, Executive Director

10.3010.45am

Morning Tea

10.45am – 11.15am

Hertz Franchisees' Group (Sub. 83 – Confidential submission)
Mr Andrew Lovitt

11.15am – 12.00pm

Post Office Agents Association Ltd (POAAL) (Sub. 101)
Mrs Marie McGrath-Kerr, Chairman

12.00pm – 12.45pm

Mr Tony Piccolo MP, on behalf of the South Australian Parliamentary Committee  on Economics and Finance (Sub. 37)

12.45pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm – 2.00pm

Mr Rodney Hackett (Sub. 52)

2.00pm – 2:30pm

Mr Howard Bellin (Sub. 30)

2.30pm – 4.00pm

ACCC (Sub. 60)
Mr Graeme Samuel, Chairman
Mr Brian Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Michael Schaper, Deputy Chairman
Mr Nigel Ridgway, General Manager, Compliance Strategies Branch

4.00pm Adjournment

 

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Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

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