Franchising is on the whole a successful working arrangement, the Federal Small Business Minister Craig Emerson has said, and should not be put at risk by changes to legislation.
The Minister’s comments come as he announces the Government is set to respond to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporation and Financial Services inquiry into franchising. The Government will also take into account the franchising inquiries held in Western Australia and South Australia.
Final input will be sought from franchising stakeholders and an options paper released in the next few weeks before a formal response is given, possibly in late July.
“In the reform process we can do better than a them-and-us approach,†the Minister said. Read full article.
