Our members have received powerful benefits from the ARA’s policy wins over the past 12 months, including industrial relations reform for casual workers, ongoing rental relief for retail tenants, and financial support from state and federal governments.
This advocacy has been enabled by regular engagement with government, which has also meant that the ARA has been able to communicate public health measures and support packages to our members, often before government has been able to communicate through their own channels.
Members tell us this advocacy and communication has been important to the survival of our sector through the pandemic.
Our Policy and Advocacy area has been strengthened through Covid-19 as a result of increased member engagement and access to key data from our members and partners.
Whilst the past two years have been necessarily tactical, due to the changing nature of Covid, we are entering a period of strategic outreach with governments to enable our sector to make a sustainable, inclusive recovery and around core member priorities and emerging areas of impact.
The ARA aims to consult with members in all submissions and parliamentary committee appearances to integrate member experiences into correspondence and testimony. If you would like to have your say as an ARA member, please send us an email to policy@retail.org.au
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Stay up to date on our latest policy publications.
Our policy team is working hard to shape debate for retailers.
ARA Submission - Reform of Australia's Electronic Surveillance Framework Discussion Paper
ARA Submission - Regulatory Framework for the Australian Domestic Organics Market
ARA Submission - Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Guarantee and Supplier Indemnification Provisions Under the Australian Consumer Law
ARA Submission in relation to establishment of WA shipping and supply chain taskforce
The Australian Retailers Association has helped to develop many industry guidelines and Codes of Practice to help retailers in addressing the issues that matter most.
ARA guidelines for excluding a person from a retail premises
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