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Why this is a practical, workable supermarket code of conduct

The new code offers the best of both a mandatory and voluntary system of compliance for the supermarket giants.

Craig EmersonFormer Labor minister and economist

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A mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct that provides for heavy penalties for deliberate or careless breaches while encouraging the resolution of disputes through mediation and arbitration incorporates the best of both worlds. Such are my recommendations in the final report on the review of the code.

The new code views penalties as essential to working effectively.  Getty

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Craig Emerson is managing director of Emerson Economics. He is a distinguished fellow at the ANU, director of the Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT and adjunct professor at Victoria University’s College of Business.

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