On 21 June 2019, Michaelia Cash, the Minister for
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, announced the
establishment of the new franchising taskforce (Taskforce),
following the Inquiry into the Operation and Effectiveness of the
Franchising Code of Conduct.
In March 2019, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations
and Financial Services (Committee) handed down its Fairness in
Franchising report. One of the Committee's recommendations
to the Federal Government was that it should establish an
inter-agency taskforce to examine the feasibility and
implementation of many of the other 71 recommendations made by the
Committee.
Who are the members of the Taskforce?
The Taskforce is co-chaired by the Department of Employment,
Skills, Small and Family Business and the Department of the
Treasury, and is made up of senior representatives from:
