Discussing "kamikaze conflict" in franchise relationships at a franchise seminar in Brisbane on October 7, 2008 are from left to right:

- Bernie Ripoll MP, Federal Member for Oxley and Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations & Financial Services (the convening body of the 2008 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Franchising Code of Conduct);
- Professor Jeff Giddings, Griffith University Law School;
- Bruce McGregor, Partner, Herbert Geer (Brisbane);
- Alan Ducret, Regional Director (QLD), Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC);
- Jason Gehrke, Director, Franchise Advisory Centre