People & associates
Alan Moran
States Bark Up the Wrong Tree on Kyoto
The greenhouse gas emissions market is where agenda-driven environmentalists hook-up with vested interests in creating opportunities for trading...
Under Attack: the Market Forces that Have Served Electricity Well
Across the world, very significantly lower electricity prices have resulted from replacing the monopoly supply of electricity with independent...
Melbourne's Private Transport Move Just the Ticket
Public transport is seldom analysed with the same detachment seen with other service industries. Its shortcomings have a high public profile and...
Green Power Riddled by Perilous Politics and Specious Economics
The politics of energy is a heady brew. Two weeks ago, Candy Broad, the Energy Minister, announced measures designed to suppress electricity price...
Free Trade or Fair Trade?
Reduced trade barriers have been key elements in the increased prosperity the world has seen in the post-1945 era. These lower barriers have...
Qualified Accolades as Government Crosses the Public-private Divide
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) worldwide are redefining the frontiers between public and private provision of infrastructure. Victoria has seen...
Regulation Thwarts Market Growth
Superficially, NSW Treasurer, Michael Egan's letter Owning up to facts on electricity, (AFR Letters, 11 September) is correct in saying that the...
Kennett Transport Plan a Quiet Achiever
Because governments insist on low fares, few of the world's major cities have public transport systems that operate without taxpayer support. But...
Over-regulation Adding Fuel to the Fire of Industry Resentment
During 1997 Australian Governments introduced a Gas Code, the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipelines. A stepchild of the Hilmer...
Climate Case not Proved
Some 60,000 delegates from all over the world are now converging on Johannesburg to take part in a grand environment summit. Australia's...