Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 149, 18 June 2007, p. 3938.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 10 of 2007, dated 21 June 2007.

[3]        Senator Steve Fielding, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 18 June 2007, pp 49–50.

Chapter 2 - The bill and the determinants of ’predatory pricing’

[1]        Senator Steve Fielding, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 18 June 2007, pp 49–50.

[2]        Trade Practices Act 1974

[3]        Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill 2007

[4]        Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill 2007

[5]        [2003] HCA 5

[6]        Boral para 130 per Gleeson CJ and Callinan J.

[7]        Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ‘Dawson Report—Preliminary response: criminal sanctions major step forward for competition policy’, Press Release, no. 74, 16 April 2003, http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/347733 (accessed 10 July 2007).

[8]        The Hon. Peter Costello, ‘Commonwealth Government response to the review of the competition provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974’, Commonwealth of Australia, http://www.treasurer.gov.au/tsr/content/publications/TPAResponse.asp (accessed 10 July 2007).

[9]        Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act in protecting small business, p. xiii.

[10]      Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act in protecting small business, p. 19, recommendation 3.

[11]      See Allens Arthur Robinson, 'Amendments to Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) to protect small business', Focus, June 2007, p. 2.

[12]      Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act in protecting small business, pp 20–21. 

[13]      Senate Economics References Committee, The effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act in protecting small business, p. 23.

Chapter 3 - Evidence in relation to the bill

[1]        On the claim that the bill is ineffective, see the comments of Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 25, p. 40. The submitters broadly in support of the bill were APCO Service Stations (Submission 5), Spier Consulting on behalf of the Independent Liquor Group (Submission 19), the Fair Trading Coalition (Submission 21), the Motor Trades Association of Australia (Submission 22) and the Australian Newsagents' Federation Limited (Submission 24).  

[2]        Ms Kathryn Edghill, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, p. 25.

[3]        Mr Graham Maher, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, p. 27.

[4]        Coles Group Limited, Submission 4, p. 3.

[5]        Mr Dave Poddar, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, pp 17–18 .

[6]        Woolworths Limited, Submission 10, p. 3.

[7]        Addisons Commercial Lawyers, Submission 23, p. 18. Associate Professor Frank Zumbo, Submission 25, p. 40.

[8]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 13, p. 7.

[9]        Spier Consulting, on behalf of the Independent Liquor Group, Submission 19, p. 2.

[10]      Submissions 12, 21 and 22.

[11]      Ms Kathryn Edghill, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, p. 26.

[12]      Ms Kathryn Edghill, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, p. 26.

[13]      Ms Kathryn Edghill, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, p. 26.

Family First Dissenting Report

[1]        Section 2, Trade Practices Act 1974.

[2]        Submission 11 (Business Council of Australia), page 2.

[3]        Submission 25 (Professor Zumbo), page 2.

[4]        Submission 17 (Dr Evan Jones), page 1.

[5]        Submission 21 (Fair Trading Coalition), page 5.

[6]        Submission 25 (Professor Zumbo), page 2.

[7]        Submission 23 (Addisons Lawyers), page 7.

[8]        Submission 4 (Coles Group), page 1.

[9]        The Economic Contribution of Small to Medium-Sized Grocery Retailers to the Australian Economy, with a Particular Focus on Western Australia. A report prepared by PriceWaterhouse Coopers for the National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia, June 2007. Page 14. (NARGA Report)

[10]      NARGA Report, page 44.

[11]      Submission 17 (Dr Evan Jones), page 11.

[12]      Submission 15B (Southern Sydney Retailers Association), page 16.

[13]      Submission 15B (Southern Sydney Retailers Association), page 17-18.

[14]      Submission 16 (Australian National Retailers Association), page 10.

[15]      Submission 16 (Australian National Retailers Association), pages 9-10.

[16]      Submission 16 (Australian National Retailers Association), page 12.

[17]      NARGA Report, Page 6.

[18]      Submission 15A (Southern Sydney Retailers Association), page 18-19.

[19]      NARGA Report, page 39.

[20]      NARGA Report, pages vii and 7.

[21]      Email from Businessman A, 29 July 2007.

[22]      Mr Scott, Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, page 23-24.

[23]      Mr Scott, Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, page 20.

[24]      Submission 15B (Southern Sydney Retailers Association), page 3.

[25]      Submission 15B (Southern Sydney Retailers Association), page 4.

[26]      Submission 21 (Fair Trading Coalition), page ii, iii.

[27]      Submission 19.

[28]      Submissions 5, 15, 19, 20, 22, 24.

[29]      Professor Zumbo, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, page 11.

[30]      Professor Zumbo, Committee Hansard, 27 July 2007, page 11.

[31]      For example, submissions 13, 16 and 23.