Sentences with phrase «competitive neutrality»

Agriculture - Tasmanian focus; significant regulatory costs for farmers; regulatory impediments to competition (freight - coastal shipping; environmental regulations; government as land owner (not a «good neighbour»)-RRB-; workplace penalties; competitive neutrality; unconscionable conduct and MMP (legislation not adequate); need to educate on competition issues.

Competition issues in Qld (Competitive neutrality, electricity, supermarket dominance, insurance, tender process, hospital licencing laws»), improving environment for small business (unfair contract provisions, MMP and creeping acquisitions), improving small business competitiveness.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

So it was interesting that the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) raised competitive neutrality as part of its submission to the Harper inquiry.

Most competitive neutrality complaints units are dormant and the Commonwealth itself is proving recalcitrant: the most recent complaint against one of its enterprises was upheld by the Productivity Commission but never acted upon.

Competitive neutrality and a level playing fields is required.

Not exact matches

Compounded with increasing the cooperate tax rate, losing revenue neutrality is a competitive disadvantage for B.C.'s businesses including energy intensive trade exposed sectors.

A strategic approach to carbon neutrality allows companies to maintain competitive advantage in the transition to the low carbon economy.