Businesses that are found to have breached the franchising code now face potential fines of up to $10 million, as part of continued efforts to stamp out bad behaviour in the sector.
The federal government has released plans to improve transparency in the $180 billion franchising sector that's often plagued with disputes between franchisees and franchisors.
Automotive franchisees and other stakeholder groups have less than a week left to respond to the federal government discussion paper on automotive franchising.
