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- Industry growth centres
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- National Measurement Institute
- Optical astronomy in Australia
- Participating in the digital economy
- Promoting innovation precincts
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Northern Australia
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- Applying to export rough diamonds
- Applying to export uranium and controlled ores
- Offshore mineral exploration and mining
- Offshore oil and gas exploration and development
- Offshore petroleum exploration acreage release process
- Regulating offshore oil and gas in Australian Commonwealth waters
- Regulating the Ranger Uranium Mine
- Taxes and royalties on minerals and petroleum
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Trade
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Building industry
Business support
- Funding and incentives
Emissions reduction
Industry innovation and science
- Australian Square Kilometre Array Fellowships Programme
- Business Research and Innovation Initiative
- Business-research collaboration
- Collaborating with Asia-Pacific on science, research and innovation
- Collaborating with China on science and research
- Collaborating with India on science and research
- Cooperative research centres
- Enabling international space investment
- Industry 4.0
- Inspiring Australia: Science engagement in Australia
- International research collaboration
- Moon to Mars: opportunities for Australian businesses
- Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
- Research and Development Tax Incentive
- Supporting advanced manufacturing
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- Supporting space infrastructure growth
- Transitioning Australia’s automotive manufacturing industry
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- National Measurement Institute
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Supporting Australia’s franchising sector
Our department is responsible for engaging and consulting with Australia’s franchising sector. We ensure franchising policy remains fit for purpose, and that the sector operates efficiently.
The Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business has policy responsibility for the Franchising Code of Conduct under the Industry Codes Policy Framework.
The Franchising Code of Conduct is a mandatory industry code under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The Code regulates Australian franchisees and franchisors. Find out about Franchising Code business requirements on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission website.
Franchising disputes
We also help with Franchising Code of Conduct disputes.
Our department’s Franchising Mediation Advisor is appointed under the Code, to assist disputing franchising parties find suitable resolutions. The Mediation Adviser is supported by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s Office who provides free support and access to mediation services.
Franchising sector reforms
A 2018 Senate inquiry examined the Franchising Code of Conduct’s operations and effectiveness. Read the Joint Committee’s recommendations in their final Fairness in Franchising report on the Parliament of Australia website.
An inter-agency Franchising Taskforce consulted with the franchising sector and advised the Australian Government on the feasibility of implementing the Joint Committee’s recommendations. See the Taskforce’s Issues Paper, Regulation Impact Statement and submissions on our Consultation hub.
Australian Government response
The Australian Government released its response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services’ Fairness in Franchising report.
To put the government response into action we consulted on proposed changes to the Franchising Code of Conduct.
You can visit our Consultation hub website to keep up to date on small business consultations.
Automotive franchising
Voluntary best practice principles have been developed to improve fairness and transparency in dealership arrangements.
Read the principles for new car dealership agreements.
We consulted with the automotive franchising sector to examine relationships between new car dealers and manufacturers. See our Regulation Impact Statement and Exposure Draft Regulation on our Consultation hub.
Find out more about the legislated reforms in the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Franchising) Amendment (New Vehicle Dealership Agreements) Regulations 2020.
Read the Minister’s media release ‘Supporting the new car retailing market’.
Read more
- Read about the Franchising Code of Conduct of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission website
- Read the 2013 Review of the Franchising Code of Conduct report on the Australian Government Web Archive
- Read about franchising on the business.gov.au website
- Seek advice from a professional business adviser on the business.gov.au website
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Last updated: 11 December 2020
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