We all know that in Australia, migrants make up the fabric of our society and contribute significantly to the economy as well. However many migrants are unfamiliar with business practices and laws in Australia, in particular the Franchising Code.

Priceline franchisees to file class action lawsuit in pursuit of fairer franchise agreements.

The integrity of the pharmacy profession depends upon the ability of pharmacists to provide independent advice.

Priceline, Napoleon Perdis and David Jones Come Full Circle Napoleon Perdis makeup was rolled out in Priceline stores from July 2018 and was the franchisor’s first foray into the prestige beauty market. Priceline presented the distribution deal as an opportunity to turn the decline in mass market cosmetic sales into a positive by offering customers […]

SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS REMAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS REMAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT DESPITE RESISTANCE FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS; ACADEMICS; LAW FIRMS; AND INDUSTRY BODIES.   The Parliamentary Joint Inquiry on Litigation Funding and Regulation of the Class Action Industry, Enquiry by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations & Financial Services has been inundated with submissions […]

Racism – alive & well in Australia. Australians seem unaware of the rampant racism in their backyard.   Last week we commented on the one sided reporting of Nine News who seem not to understand that the institutional racism in Australia towards Aboriginal and Indigenous communities is an issue that needs to be addressed by […]

DIGITAL GIANTS HELD TO ACCOUNT The need to ‘go digital’ has never been more pronounced – those who embrace digital advertising and marketing are the businesses most likely to come out the other side of COVID-19 on top.   As paper telephone directories become relics of the past, small businesses look to online directories for […]

PRINT OBSOLETE AS DIGITAL REIGNS SUPREME Australia’s Newscorp today announced that over 100 of News Corp’s regional and community titles will no longer produce print editions and instead move to digital-only formats, whilst an additional 14 titles will cease to exist. This is due to an overall consumer shift from print to online.   While […]

THE REAL FAKE NEWS: “$30M PAYDAY FOR RIOTERS!” Channel Nine News’ ‘investigation’ which aired on the 22nd May, 2020 is, in fact, a distorted and racist story about absolutely nothing.   The so-called 30M dollar ‘Pay Day’, which is the subject of Nine News’ story of 22 May, 2020, is the distribution of court-ordered compensation, […]

PHARMACIST BURNOUT: “PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE” Below is extracted from the Australian Journal of Pharmacy.   I am concerned with the wellbeing of pharmacists who have a difficult and unique role to play at this time and believe that understanding and sharing their experiences will be of benefit, not only to our profession, but also more broadly,” […]

AJP REPORTS ON DISPARITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN INDEPENDENT & BANNER FRANCHISES     “The extraordinary demand driven by fearful consumers who deluged pharmacies created enormous trauma throughout the supply chain.” —Bruce Annabel, industry analyst   One anonymous pharmacy proprietor based in metropolitan Sydney told AJP that among the three independent pharmacies and a warehouse pharmacy […]

A SNAPSHOT OF THE EVOLUTION OF CLASS ACTION PROCEEDINGS THE ECONOMICS OF CLASS ACTIONS: ‘BOOK BUILDING’, FREE RIDERS, COMMON FUND ORDERS AND FUNDING EQUALISATION ORDERS.   A snapshot of the evolution of class action proceedings in recent times – from Money Max to Brewster and beyond.   Decision of Money Max Int Pty Ltd (Trustee) […]