@joztamps wrote:
The Minister approves the increases after a report from the ACCC.
That's why the increase wasn't approved until after the election, even though AP was foreshadowing the need for an increase as far back as January/February.
The ministerial approval is, in their own words, a rubber stamp of the ACCC ruling and the minister couldn't possibly interfere.
Unless his neck was on the chopping block that is.
I wonder if the ACCC submission made much of trhe reduction in discount rates for bulk buys.
This would represent the majority of prepaid items sold and apply directly to small businesses.
