People & associates
Alan Moran
Energy Market Needs Certainty
Government indecision and inaction is creating on-going uncertainty in the energy market. This is threatening investment. The Productivity...
Water draws opportunists
Having little political rating 20 years ago, water is now a battleground area in the Federal election campaign. Farmers use 70 per cent of the...
Long on Flaws, Short on Fixes
According to the ACCC's consultants, price and access regulation of gas and electricity networks has increased national wealth by somewhere between...
What we have achieved and where the parties will lead us with energy policy
Though the notion of energy policy can be very broad, its commonly understood framework comprises first the policies governing the gas and...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Water Reform Starts with de facto Rights
In August of last year, the Prime Minister, John Howard, and the State Premiers laid out the framework for a 'National Water Initiative'. Including...