It has been a trying month for Australia’s franchise sector, which has been hampered by a string of scandals and is now staring down the barrel of a Senate inquiry.

A spokesperson for Senator John Williams has confirmed that he intends to move a referral to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the franchise sector by 20 March, and that he is confident he has the numbers to move ahead with proceedings.

Attention from Canberra will shine further light over the industry, after a particularly rough few weeks and opens the door to the introduction of new regulations to curb what some say is widespread exploitation of franchisees and employees within some of Australia’s largest networks.

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