ACCC dry on milk
Last week Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) travelled to Sydney and Melbourne to address important issues regarding the ACCC’s flawed interpretation of functions in the domestic milk market.
ACCC has issue with Victorian dairy plant in Saputo, Murray Goulburn deal
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says he would have «serious problems» with the current structure of the $1.3 billion takeover offer by Montreal-based Saputo for distressed rival Murray Goulburn.
ACCC must commit to a code with teeth
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Interim Report into the dairy industry, released last November, powerfully detailed how the dairy market has failed by highlighting many of the problems in the industry, however it failed to offer sufficient solutions to solve these problems.
By: Brian Tessmann, QDO President
Source: North Queensland Register
Link: http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/story/5224864/accc-must-commit-to-a-code-with-teeth/
ACCC dairy report: Crisis recognition a step up, says farmer
SWAN Marsh farmer Chris Smith says he is pleased the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has “acknowledged there’s a crisis in the dairy industry”.
By: SIMONE SMITH
Source: The Weekly Times
Link: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/dairy/accc-dairy-report-crisis-recognition-a-step-up-says-farmer/news-story/0bbed2d4a276ed68e4ebb429dc8d9d89
ACCC disappoints dairy
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Dairy Inquiry interim Report, released last week, not only disappointed Queensland dairy farmers but failed to deliver clear direction and intent to fix the mess destroying Queensland and Australian dairy farms.
By: Brian Tessmann QDO president
Source: North Queensland Register
Link: http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/story/5098401/accc-inquiry-report-disappoints-dairy/
Milk prices have little bearing on dairy farmers, says ACCC
But it warns they need protections from milk processors and supermarkets.
By: Tony Ibrahim
Source: CHOICE
Link: https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/dairy/milk/articles/milk-prices-dairy-farmers-accc-041217
ACCC Dairy Inquiry given extension
The final reporting date for the ACCC inquiry into the dairy industry has been extended by the Federal Treasurer until April 30, 2018.
By: Brian Tessmann, QDO President
Source: North Queensland Register
ACCC delays final report into dairy industry until April 30
The ACCC’s inquiry into the competitiveness of prices, trading practices and the supply chain in the Australian dairy industry has been extended by five months, with its interim report to be released in late November.
By: John Chanter
Source: THE BORDER MAIL
Murray Goulburn: ACCC accuses ex-chiefs Gary Helou and Brad Hingle
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has alleged two former Murray Goulburn executives may have been a party to false and misleading representations when MG set its 2015-16 farmgate milk price. By: PETER HEMPHILL
Dairy co-op Murray Goulburn to axe jobs and plants as milk industry crisis continues
The Australian giant is to shed up to 360 workers, close three processing facilities and suspend divident payments. By Miles Hadfield.