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Planning adds to high costs

Deregulation Unit | Alan Moran
Herald Sun 31st May, 2008

In July, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is due to report on grocery prices. Groceries comprise about a fifth of the family...

Planning laws rob consumers

Deregulation Unit | John Roskam
Australian Financial Review 31st May, 2008

Imagine a world in which the government outlawed your business competitors. You wouldn't have to worry about pesky things like keeping your...

Watchdog misses chain reactions

Deregulation Unit | Alan Moran
The Age 22nd May, 2008

The ACCC's inquiry into grocery prices illustrates the danger of imposing an overstaffed and overzealous government agency on an industry. There...

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