Government issues long-awaited response to Franchise Inquiry
The Australian Government has released its response to the 2018 Franchise Inquiry, nearly 18 months after the Inquiry tabled its final report, Fairness in Franchising, and nine months after consultation ended on a draft regulation impact statement.
The 20-page government response to the Inquiry report does not specifically address the Inquiry’s 71 recommendations—27 of which were referred to a Franchising Taskforce comprised of government agencies to assess in more detail—but does address themes from the Inquiry to cover pre-entry, operational and exit issues in franchise relationships.