Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 17 December 2010:

The decision of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to oppose the proposed acquisition of the Franklins supermarket business by Metcash Trading Limited, with particular reference to:

(a)

the basis of the ACCC decision to oppose the proposed purchase;

(b)

the competition impacts of the decision at the retail and wholesale levels;

(c)

whether the Franklins’ distribution warehouses, supplying eight franchised stores, could be regarded as an independently sustainable wholesale business; and

(d)

any other related matters.