People & associates
Alan Moran
Don't hobble our smart food
Over the weekend, tv news showed footage of British consumer activists, clad in white, raiding a farm, bobbies in pursuit, to destroy a genetically...
Hyperbolic flim-flam on gaming goes over the odds
The Productivity Commission's Draft Report on Gambling has opened up the potential for considerably more regulation of the industry. This is...
Salary Caps and the AFL
The Melbourne based consultancy, Affairs of State has recently published the football club affiliation of all Victorian M.P.s. The most popular...
Crossed Wires Threaten Energy Privatisation
The New South Wales voters may have delivered an unambiguous thumbs down to electricity privatisation but the issues that persuaded the Premier and...
Less Fuss, but Few Gains, as Goose is Plucked
At the Australian Unlimited dinner, the Prime Minister has reminded us, that the GST debate was ignited just before his election to Parliament with...
Shocking Approaches to Privatisation
In the NSW election, electricity privatisation is one of the few areas which divide a somewhat damp and untried Coalition from a pragmatic and...
Experience Sheds Light on Chika's Share Give-aways
Mrs Chikarovsky's plans to privatise the NSW electricity industry tread a well-worn path. The triumph of the Victorian privatisation is no longer...
Why We Should Have More Casinos and Gaming Machines
Spending on gaming appears to have grown rapidly over recent years. Part of this may be due to the recording of previously illegal activity....
Make ACCC Show a Proposed Merger is Harmful
Last month, Don Mackay, the Chairman of Wattyl Paints, used the platform of his Annual General Meeting to criticise the ACCC for preventing his...
Instead of a Selloff, Why not Give Telstra Away?
Telstra claims its cost of rural telecommunication subsidies is $1.8 billion per year. That figure creates a real second term headache for the...