Dealer Bulletins
Takata Airbags Proposed Recall Notice for a compulsory recall
The Minister for Small Business, Michael McCormack, has today issued a Proposed Recall Notice for a compulsory recall of all vehicles with defective Takata airbags. The decision, is based on…
Flex Commission – Summary of New Regulations
Yesterday, ASIC issued the final Legislative Instrument banning flex commission in its present form. The new regulations have an implementation date of November 1, 2018. This provides financiers and dealers…
AADA’s Response to VACC’s Press Release
Following the issue of a recent VACC press release, several dealers have contacted AADA expressing their concern about the sentiment and accuracy of the statements made in it. In particular dealers…
Further Correspondence to the AFR
Please find attached further correspondence with the Australian Financial Review concerning the paper’s recent editorial treatment of the important issues being dealt with by the ACCC. Please click here for letter. We…
Letter to Australian Financial Review
We attach for your information a letter recently sent to the editor of the Australian Financial Review in response to the biased reporting of profit margins in our industry. Please…
ACCC Market Study Discussion Draft
Yesterday, we met with senior members of the ACCC team to be briefed on the key points contained in the first discussion draft on the above study ahead of its…
Takata Airbags
Members will have read media reports or seen news clips concerning the possible failure of Takata airbag inflators following the death of a man in NSW when his Honda CR-V…
AADA Board Memorandum – Brian Savage
Dear Members I am pleased to advise that we have secured the services of Brian Savage to manage a number of special projects on behalf of AADA, effective immediately. Brian…
Automotive tax proposals
With the end of the financial year just around the corner AADA and BDO Automotive take this opportunity to remind you about a number of tax matters that may be…
ACL reform proposals
The proposed reforms were delivered by the Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) to the Australian Consumer Law Review (ACL) last April In total, CAANZ identified 19 legislative proposals,…