People & associates
Alan Moran
Address to the Conference Competition & Regulation in the Energy Industry
Opening up electricity and gas markets to competition forces retailers to seek better ways of meeting the needs of customers more cheaply and ensures that cross subsidies are made known.
Submission to IPART's Review of Regulated Retail Tariffs
Impacts of Kyoto on Australian Power Costs
In 1973/4 when the first energy crisis was underway, there were many risks perceived to result from the quadrupling of oil prices that OPEC engineered. Originally delivered as an Address to APEC Conference 'Kyoto---The Impact on Australia',13...
Trade Laws and Pharmaceuticals
Short-term gains from patent violations will ultimately be swamped by long-term losses in innovation and an unwillingness to undertake costly research.
Regulated and Unregulated Interconnects
Views on interconnects range from those who see little in the way of future developments other than entrepreneurial interconnects, to the ‘planophiles’.
Will the Greens Close Down New Zealand?
If the Greens get their way, then despite the findings of the Royal Commission, the New Zealand Government may soon pull the plug on GM technology- with enormous costs for its agricultural sector.
Options for the Review of Standing Offer Tariffs for Victoria's Retail Electricity
A Submission to the Office of the Regulator General
A Brief Analysis of the Benefits of Privatising Victoria's Electricity Industry
The Pendulum Swings: Robbing the Rich Pays Electoral Dividends
Why parties of the Left, here and overseas, are doing well electorally- despite their past economic blunders and increased scrutiny from global financial markets.
Submission: Review of the National Access Regime
This submission argues that the scope of application of the national access regime should be narrowed and that its form should be changed in order to make it more cognisant of private property rights and to reduce the extent of the disincentive it...