It seems that some newsagents are protesting the arrangements News Ltd has put in place with IPG for delivering newspapers to hotels. I am told that at least one complaint has been lodged with the Small Business Commissioner of Victoria against local News Ltd subsidiary The Herald and Weekly Times. As I have discussed here previously, the arrangements shift vital from small business newsagents to the corporate mate of News Ltd.
News Ltd is a demanding and generally fair supplier. The ripping of revenue from newsagents as has happened as a result of the IPG arrangements is unfair as it cancels long term relationships which were often established by the newsagents themselves.
News Ltd makes plenty of noise about the Aussie Fair Go in its newspapers. Their action in relation to this hotel business is hardly representative of an Aussie Fair Go.