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Private Sparks Hot Debate
Following Victoria's electricity restructuring and privatisation there were massive generator performance improvements. Gradual increases in demand...
Let the Market Fix a Price
The saga of the price determination for the Moomba to Sydney Pipeline is compelling evidence of the reasons for avoiding government price...
Trade Liberalisation Must be Sustained
Free trade is all the rage in the Asia-Pacific region. Thailand, for example, which just signed a free trade agreement with Australia, starts...
Quolls Policy: Just a Plot?
In the High Country some graziers believe environmentalists are using native quolls as an excuse to drive them from their land. Cute, cuddly and...
A Pipeline to Nirvana
Terry Dwyer (Letters, 1 July) claims that gas pipelines cannot compete with each other and that 'eminent economists' favour building infrastructure...
Super, a Fact of Employment
The deal done last week between the Australian Democrats and the federal government to introduce choice in superannuation highlights a little...
Consumers Win in Energy War
The Victorian retail electricity and gas market has become one of the most competitive in the world. Retailers, including several from interstate,...
Tap Resources, but We're not Really in Deep Water
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will meet today to bed down the National Water Initiative, amongst other things. This initiative has...
Gas Pipeline Monopoly? My Foot!
Attacking the Productivity Commission's draft report on gas, Terry Dwyer and Bob Lim ('Gas access report a load of hot air', June 23) argue that a...
Model in New Peter Principle
The Australian farm lobby could learn a lot from Peter Garrett about how to become more cohesive, effective and financially secure. Since he...