Electric Vehicle Chargers: Hype and regulation will be the enemy of sensible market solutions
Interested in exploring the idea of Electric Vehicle charging bays in shopping centres? Yes, we’ve already got some – but could they be forced upon us (by legislation) in the...
Legislation to prohibit managed parking (shopping centres only) – a case study of flimsy policy
Ask anyone in our industry – from the first-year executive to the CEO, “Why do shopping centres charge for parking after a certain free period?” You’ll get only one answer:...
COVID-19: observations and lessons
Our industry as a whole, represented by the Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA), has performed in an exemplary manner during the COVID-19 period. Shopping centres are the most visited,...
Christmas foot traffic increased – it’s a pity you may not read about it
The quality of journalism in this country (with few exceptions that prove the rule), continues to plummet. When it comes to shopping centre issues, it would seem there is a...
South Australian Retail Leases Amendment Bill tabled in Parliament
The South Australian Government began a review of the Retail and Commercial Leases Act in 2014. A Bill has just been tabled proposing some 28 amendments to the Act. The...
ACT tax reform: landmark inquiry report finds that reform doesn’t translate to fairness
A Parliamentary Inquiry Report was recently handed down in the ACT. In part, it deals with the unfairness of the ‘so-called’ ACT tax reforms of 2012/13 in relation to shopping...
Retail Industry Sales Reporting Code of Practice finalised
Since the early days of our industry, the issue of turnover figures supplied by retailers to landlords has always been contentious. Whenever the issue was tabled, there was always an...
CAR PARKING: Unreasonable expectations run high
You might find this difficult to believe, but there is a move afoot to legislate for free parking in shopping centres for retail workers. The issue has incredibly wide implications....
SCCA Marketing Awards: New award categories revealed
The SCCA Marketing Awards are being fine-tuned in order to ensure they match the ever-changing nature of Centre Marketing. Some really exciting changes have resulted after an external review was...
SA trading hours reform
Angus Nardi gives us an overview on trading hours reform in South Australia. He says that compromise and incrementalism is a potential trend that could continue. Shop trading hours reform...
ACCC re-authorises casual mall code
It’s an extremely difficult task to bring myriad groups together to support a common cause. Our industry’s ‘Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice’ was successfully re-authorised recently by the ACCC....
Productivity commission –
Sometimes, the evolution of public policy can feel a lot like the release of a ‘greatest hits’ album. There is an initial pique of excitement and curiosity, before you come back to reality...
Crowded places strategy
Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently launched a new national counter-terrorism strategy, which has specific relevance to shopping centre owners and operators...
Melbourne crime: One every three days – when will it end?
Melbourne has been experiencing a serious wave of crime, and has become something of a national hotspot.
“And so ends another review: what now?”
In late April 2017, NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business, John Barilaro, announced that the newly amended Retail Leases Act will commence...
GST loophole: “dead, buried and cremated”
1 July 2017 will mark a symbolic day. This is because, to channel the words of a former Prime Minister, a controversial tax loophole is due to be ‘dead, buried and cremated’...
QLD trading hours stuck in the 80s and it’s time for change
If you think retail trading hours is a subject that’s more or less settled in this country, think again. In Queensland...
NSW council rates – at risk of heading into dangerous territory
When authorities, whether local, state or federal, consider shopping centres, they often fail to link the centres with the community at large; instead, they are seen as property developments...
Retail planning – the public interest should prevail in the pursuit of competition
One of the reasons Australian shopping centres are the best in the world is that the planning and zoning systems in place are the best in the world...
Turnover information critical
In this article, Angus Nardi discusses the issue. It’s a reasoned, logical and pragmatic paper; but he leaves no room for a dissenting point of view, as quite frankly, there isn’t one!
Boxing Day trading reform
The NSW Government is once again having a crack at introducing widespread Boxing Day trading.
Australia’s new Small Business Ombudsman
Bruce Billson, as we’ve noted before, is regarded as one of the heroes of the Federal Government. He has a long list of achievements for small business to his name,...
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