notifications) Matters revoked (# of notifications) 0 (0) Matters under consideration at end of quarter 1 (2) Significant collective bargaining notifications lodged during the period were: On 25 March 2013 a group of seven dairy farmers in the Manning Valley area in NSW lodged collective bargaining notifications relating to a proposal to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of raw milk supply agreements to be entered into between each of the farmers and Woolworths and an agreement which deals with the obligations of the farmers to work cooperatively to meet Woolworth's requirements. It is proposed that a representative of the farmers will negotiate the terms and conditions of the supply agreements with Woolworths and/or its agent, Milk2Market. It is also proposed that the farmers may collectively negotiate with and sell milk to Milk2Market. The ACCC expects to make its decision in April 2013. Private Health Insurance Following consultation with insurers, healthcare providers, industry representative bodies and consumer groups, the ACCC has finalised its report to the Senate on private health insurance. Each year the ACCC is required to prepare a to the Senate on ‘anti-competitive and other practices by health funds and providers in relation to private health insurance’, in accordance with a Senate order. This year the report has focused on the practice by insurers of not recognising certain types of allied healthcare provider who offer the same or similar services as other types of ‘recognised’ provider. The report was tabled in the Senate on 21 March 2013.
During the March 2013 quarter the ACCC received 49 304 complaints and inquiries from businesses and consumers (email 24 814, telephone 24 098 and letter correspondence 392). Of these, 278 matters were escalated for enforcement assessment. Table 6: ACCC complaints, investigations and litigation progression Category March 2013 quarter Contacts received (phone, email and letters) 49 304 Under assessments commenced 278 Initial investigations commenced 103 In-depth investigations commenced 38 First instance litigation commenced 5 Table 7: Geographic location of inquirers and complainants recorded in the national database State ACL Scams (ACL + Scams) Practices Industry Codes Other Total NSW 3 258 5 256 8 514 179 29 1 153 9 875 Vic. 3 264 4 185 7 449 154 27 1 059 8 689 QLD 2 847 4 351 7 198 134 34 844 8 210 WA 1 268 1 892 3 160 61 15 386 3 622 SA 1 305 1 699 3 004 27 5 465 3 501 ACT 729 1 138 1 867 25 3 254 2 153 Tas. 229 501 730 7 2 65 804 NT 125 165 290 1 0 35 326 Overseas 110 2 551 2 661 3 0 36 2 700 Not Supplied 404 88 492 14 5 99 610
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