Trade Practices Amendment (Guaranteed Lowest Prices - Blacktown Amendment) Bill 2009

24 November 2009

© Commonwealth of Australia 2009
ISBN 978-1-74229-170-3

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Membership of Committee	(PDF 40KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 22KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report
Chapter 2 - The bill: provisions and rationale	(PDF 44KB)
Which entities are covered by the bill? Practices exempt from the bill's provisions The rationale for the bill Concentration of the Australian retail grocery and petrol markets Table 2.1: Woolworths' and Coles' share of key grocery category sales Table 2.2: Price level indices: Food and non-alcoholic beverages, 2005, World =100 Table 2.3: Consumer prices: % change 2005 to 2009 (Q3) Table 2.4: Shares of retail sales by volume by brand in Australia (%)
Chapter 3 - Geographic price discrimination in Australia	(PDF 58KB)
What is geographic price discrimination? Supermarkets' pricing policies in Australia Petrol retailers' pricing policies Committee view The lack of adequate research
Chapter 4 - Predatory pricing, geographic price discrimination and the Trade Practices Act	(PDF 50KB)
Predatory pricing and the TPA Price discrimination and the TPA Section 46 is inadequate and ineffective Section 46 is adequate to proscribe geographic price discrimination
Chapter 5 - Practical concerns with the bill	(PDF 39KB)
Impact on prices for consumers Committee view The domino effect Compliance costs for small businesses Stock management Pricing of fresh fruit and vegetables Obligation to supply Ad-hoc store discounts Committee conclusions
Minority Report by Senators Joyce and Xenophon	(PDF 65KB)
Introduction Market dominance Geographic price discrimination Impact on Independents Conclusion
APPENDIX 1	(PDF 20KB)
Submissions Received Additional Information Received
APPENDIX 2 - Public Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 9KB)

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Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3540
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	economics.sen@aph.gov.au