Recent publications in Submission
Wheat marketing reform
Submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Inquiry into the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008
Submission to the review into Comcare
Economic issues in carbon dioxide abatement
Contrary to many assertions, including those of the Stern report, the costs of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will be considerable. Having agreed to meet specific levels of emissions reduction by signing the 1992...
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2007
WorkChoices has been a politically contentious reform to workplace relations in Australia primarily because the Australian union movement has run a successful marketing campaign against the reforms.
Amending TRIPS: Protecting Property Rights and Public Health.
Submission to the DFAT review of the TRIPS and Public Health Amendment
Submission to the Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006
Future use of unassigned television channels
Australian spectrum policy is largely characterised by a 'command and control' approach to allocation. Such a top-down approach is ill-suited to managing the implementation and diffusion of technological innovations, nowhere more so than in the...
Meeting the Digital Challenge
Relatively recent far-reaching technological changes in media content production and delivery have exacerbated the adverse efficiency effects of the regulation of the Australian media. The upshot has made it more urgent to implement a major...
Reducing Red Tape in New South Wales
IPA submission to IPART investigation into the burden of regulation in NSW and improving regulatory efficiency. Though NSW has not been the Australian jurisdiction with the fastest increase in regulatory burden, governments in the State have...
Cutting Red Tape in Victoria's Planning Processes
Over recent years, planning in Australia and many other countries has assumed a greatly enlarged role in determining the use of land. This is a regrettable outcome and one that imposes huge economic costs onto the community, as well as undermining...