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»)