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    Policy

    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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    POLICY SUBMISSIONS

    Stay up to date on our latest policy publications.

    Our policy team is working hard to shape debate for retailers.

    2022

     
    • ARA Submission re NSW Small Business Strategy 20.06.2022

    • ARA submission on NSW Public Health (Tobacco) Regulation 2022 16.06.2022

    • ARA submission to ACCC Toppling Furniture 16.06.2022

    • ARA submission - QLD Trading (Allowable Hours) Bill 13.06.2022

    • ARA Reply Submission - Annual Waage Review 08.06.2022

       

    • ARA Submission - Responsiveness of Regulators 23.05.2022

    • ARA Submission to NSW Floods Inquiry 20.05.2022

    • ARA Submission - Annual Wage Review 04.2022

    • ARA Pre-budget Submission 2022-23

    • ARA Submission - Product Safety Standards 01.2022

    • ARA Submission - Working Draft of the Property Law Bill

    • 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

    • Tasmanian Retail Leases Bill 2022

    • ARA submission on proposed changes to the National

    • Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme 

    • ARA Reply Submission - Annual Wage Review 2021-22

    2021

     
    • ARA Submission - Annual Wage Review 2020-21

    • ARA Submission - Treasury Review of Payments Regulation

    • ARA Submission- Annual Wage Review 2020-21_210412

    • ARA Submission - Inquiry into Mobile Payment and Digital Wallet Services

    • ARA Submission - AusPost Inquiry_210318

    • ARA Submission - ACCC review of proposed BPAY-eftpos-NPPA consolidation

    • ARA Submission - Congestion Levy_Infrastructure Victoria

    • ARA Submission - NSW Parliamentary Inquiry_Plastics

    • ARA Submission - Job Security - 31 March 2021

    • ARA Submission - Fair Work Amendment Bill 2020 (5 February 2021)

    • ARA Letter - QLD Trading Hours Review (211013)

    • ARA Submission - FED Regional Banking Taskforce

    • ARA Submission - WGEA Strategic Review (21118)

    Essential resources

    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.

    • Mandatory Leasing Code of Conduct

    • Guide to Mandatory Leasing Code of Conduct

    • ARA gift card regulation guidelines (NSW)

    • ARA gift card regulation guidelines (SA)

    • ARA Explainer: Modern slavery reporting requirement

    • Bag check guidelines (NSW)

    • ARA guidelines for excluding a person from a retail premises

    • ARA and Bailey ladder guidelines

    • ARA chain of responsibility guidelines

    • Industry Code for goods containing button batteries

    • ARA video surveillance guidelines

    • ACL Refunds and Returns Poster

    • Franchising Code of Conduct

    • Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice

    • Food and Grocery Code of Conduct

    • Unit Pricing Code

    • The National Packaging Covenant

    • Environmental Claims in Advertising and Marketing Code


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