CANBERRA, Australia (Blue MauMau) -  On Monday the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Economics agreed that there is a need to look into unconscionable conduct in franchising practices but the “Majority” deferred the responsibility to Courts and the ACCC. 

Senate Standing Committee on Economics

"The need, scope and content of a definition of unconscionable conduct for the purposes of Part IVA of the Trade Practices Act 1974"

Voting NOT to include a Statutory definition and stick head in ground:

Senator Annette Hurley, Chair – Kent Town, South Australia, ALP

Senator Doug Cameron – Surry Hills, New South Wales, ALP

Senator Mark Furner – Strathpine Queensland, ALP

Senator Louise Pratt – Woodvale, Western Australia, ALP

Voting TO include a Statutory definition and protect citizens

Senator Alan Eggleston, Deputy Chair - Western Australia, LP

Senator Barnaby Joyce - Queensland, LNP

Senator David Bushby - Tasmania, LP

Senator Nick Xenophon - South Australia, IND 

AND the winner is: 

Senator Annette Hurley, Chair – Kent Town, South Australia, ALP

AND the losers are: Australian Consumers, Small Business and Franchising 

The Australian Labor Party contingent on this Committee has side-stepped the issue and condemned more unsuspecting victims to acknowledged abuse and suffering for whatever period it takes to raise another Committee to again review the abject failure of lawmakers to protect citizens.  They found the task “too hard” and their constituents made an error in judgement at the last election. 

This is disgusting ... (pdf, 160 pgs) 

See page 51 particularly; those who wanted to be responsible.  

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