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Bring on the competition
'If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes." These words from Ross Perot weren't about the AWB - but they may as well...
Open competition means playing to win
A key reason why Australia has enjoyed prosperity over the past dozen years is the opening up of the economy to greater competition. One part of...
ACCC undermines its case
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel is telegraphing a greater willingness to allow mergers to proceed providing...
Government is just getting in the way
Infrastructure inadequacies are seen by many as economic choke points, but where problems have occurred they stem from governments. Congested road...
Let business get on with it
We would be better off if the government stopped meddling in R&D, argues John Roskam. Who was in charge of the development of personal...
Empire-building ACCC must be reined in
Proceeding through the parliament is an amendment to the national access regime, which falls under the Trade Practices Act. This gives expression...