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Australia Post, Australia's Shame

Member | Ray Borradale | Dec 31 | advice
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It has been an institution across Australia since long before the First World War.  Now it is the largest franchise in Australia with more than 3,000 franchisees and licensed post offices regulated under a deficient federal Franchising Code of Conduct.

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Ten Predictions For 2012 Aussie Franchising

Member | Ray Borradale | Dec 23 | op-ed, trends
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2011 has been a momentous year for Australian franchising with State legislation now in place in South Australia and Western Australia moving in the same direction with the appointment of a Small Business Minister.

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Western Australia Franchising Bill Defeated

Expert | simon young | Nov 2 | legal
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The Western Australian Parliament yesterday voted down the Private Members Bill introduced by Peter Abetz MP to regulate franchise operations in that State.

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Genius in South Australia Bill

Member | Ray Borradale | Sep 18 | legal
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Last week the South Australian Small Business Commissioner Bill passed through the Lower House. The genius in this Bill comes from redrafting of another Bill to increase positive impact to greater stakeholder and gain that stakeholder support.

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De-franchising the Re-franchisors

Member | Ray Borradale | Aug 7 | op-ed
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It is becoming more of a regular tactic for bitter or angry and frustrated franchisees to publish anti-brand websites. Few come about with any real dispute resolution strategy and some are downright dangerous. Some strive to protect franchisee investments.

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Investigative News

2011 Person of the Year

Member | Don Sniegowski | Dec 30 | franchising, people, trends
Person of the Year: Chandrakant 'C.K.' Patel     Honorable Mention: Australia's Rod Sims                  Ai Weiwei, Artist                   Neil Aronson, M&A                Shannon Liss-Riordon, Law        Darren Rovell, Reporter
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World Foodservice Sees Demand Sag

Member | BMM | Sep 28 | food, trends
Source: The NPD Group/CREST, quarter ending June 2011 CHICAGO — As goes consumer confidence so goes the global foodservice industry. When consumer confidence sagged in the second quarter this year so did foodservice traffic in most countries around the world, according to The NPD Group, a market researcher.
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MP To Introduce South Australia State Franchise Law

Member | Don Sniegowski | Nov 15 | franchising, legal
ADELAIDE, Australia – Displeased with the recent federal reform of franchise law, a member of the South Australian state parliament announced today that he will launch his own bill at the state level.  South Australian State Labor MP Tony Piccolo says that federal changes to franchise law that were announced ten days ago are “significantly inadequate.”
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Interview with Jim’s

Member | Ray Borradale | Nov 12 | franchising
Model poses for Jim's Cleaning franchise chain, photo/Jim's Group web
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FCA Speaks on Australia's New Franchise Reforms

Member | Don Sniegowski | Nov 11 | franchising, legal
MELBOURNE, Australia — Former chairman of the Franchise Council of Australia, Stephen Giles, has been asked by Blue MauMau about the changes to Australia’s franchise laws that were announced on November 5 and what those changes mean.
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Pool Retailing Association Launched in Australia

Member | Don Sniegowski | Oct 5 | service
BRISBANE, Australia - Some prominent pool and spa aftermarket retailers and franchisors have banded together to create a new Australian industry body, the Swimming Pool Retail Association Australia.
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Queensland Considers Federal Franchising Action

Member | Ray Borradale | Jun 18 | franchising
BRISBANE - A Queensland Member of Parliament, DAVID GIBSON (Gympie-LNP), has called for the introduction of state franchisee protection.
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Australian Joint Parliamentary Hearings Moves To Second Stage

Member | Deanne de Leeuw | Oct 5 | franchising
CANBERRA, Aus. (Blue MauMau) - The Australian Joint Standing Committee for Corporations and Financial Services have begun posting the submissions received into their Inquiry into the Franchising Code of Conduct on their website.
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Australian MP Lashes Criminal Banks and Useless Regulator

Member | Ray Borradale | Sep 4 | franchising
CANBERRA, Australia (Blue MauMau) - Joanna Gash (LP), a member of parliament representing Gilmore, New South Wales, condemned in federal parliament on Monday criminal collusion between Australia's banks and franchisors that wipe out franchisees.
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Headlines from the 'Net

A History of Small Business Neglect

Member | Ray Borradale | 12:14 am | legal
What do Australian small business ministers do? “Typically, nothing.”  The FCA’s Stephen Giles chimes in to support his long history of ministerial collaboration.
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Franchisors and Bricks and Clicks

Member | Ray Borradale | Feb 7 | advice
As more and more franchisors and franchisees learn to accept the reality of online trading and the potential for network acrimony, some are discussing strategies to circumvent problems.
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The Coffee Club Still Growing

Member | Ray Borradale | Feb 7 | food
The Coffee Club franchise is predicting a new store every fortnight for the next five years after growing by 18.5 per cent last year.  Already Australia's largest coffee chain, this brand has experienced healthy growth since day one and unlike most of it’s competitors, all without any public franchisee spats.
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Fair Work Education For Franchisors

Member | Ray Borradale | Feb 3 | manage
The Australian Fair Work Ombudsman has offered to bring franchisors up to speed on new workplace laws and employer obligations. But will they be interested?
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Frank Zumbo, Deputy Small Business Commissioner.

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 31 | legal
It has been reported that vocal champion for healthy competition Professor Frank Zumbo has been appointed Deputy Small Business Commissioner to South Australia.  The Franchise Council of Australia is disturbed.
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Television Coverage Of Refund Franchise Carnage

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 18 | people
The story of Wayne Ormond and Refund Homes as covered by Australian television program A Current Affair comes with serious allegations.
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Franchise Council of Australia Calls For Government Guaranteed Loans

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 18 | franchising
The FCA has begun a lobbying effort to have Australian government guaranteed loans introduced.  Once again we see FCA stretching the truth.
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Australian Hotels Association Submits To Federal Review

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 16 | hotel
The Australian Hotels Association claims the Fair Work Act is creating confusion and hardship among hoteliers and staff.  Restaurants are not coping any better.
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Bedshed’s Hilarious Online Franchise Calculator Tool

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 13 | retail
Australian franchisor Bedshed has just released an online franchise calculator to assist prospective franchisees. Its not a joke, But it should be.
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Hell At James Home Services

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 5 | service
The James Master Lies website is probably the most worked franchise brand warning website coming out of Australia. This article is straight from there, with permission and including its source, and delivers an insight to a far better education applicable to all franchisees and prospective franchisees than is otherwise available in Australia.
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