Archived publication for 1999
Recent publications
Small Business: Should We Protect it?
Small business is often regarded as the hear to John Howard's constituency. Unfortunately, the prime ministerial heart may go out it rather too much.
Why Buy a Piggery?
The Keating piggery sale may well have been about buying influence- in Indonesia. But we still need to protect the health of our institutions.
Firm Access Rights: The Key to Efficient Management of Transmission
A Submission to the NECA Transmission Pricing Review
Volume 51 Number 2
The MAI, the Big Lie and the Internet, Jobs Created and Destroyed..., Redundancies, Competition Policy, Global Warming and the ABC, Why Buy a Piggery?, GM Food and much more....
May 1999
Lord Skidelsky on Blairism and the Third Way, Lord Skidelsky's visit to Australia, C.D. Kemp Annual Lecture and Dinner, New and forthcoming IPA publications, New Project for the IPA---Genetically Modified Food, 'FACTS' set to return, IPA Events,...
Victoria's 2001 Electricity Distribution Price Review
Submission to the Office of the Regulator General (ORG) On The 2001 Price Review
ABC TV News and the 1998 Waterfront Dispute: Reporting or Barracking?
In 1998, the ABC’s coverage of the MUA/Patrick waterfront dispute—the most contentious political issue of the year—led to allegations of bias, most notably by Senator Richard Alston, the...
Volume 51 Number 1
Tasmania's Green Disease, Anglicans and Education Unions, The Truth About the Queensland State Election, Xena-phobia, Knowing Our Place in the World and much more....
Clough Lecture 1998: Renewing the Miracle: Economic Development in Asia
The Harold Clough Lecture for 1998. The lecture is available in PDF here - Renewing the Miracle: Economic Development and Asia.
Regulatory Pricing and Access Issues
The issues for Victoria and Australia are: * the structure and powers of the regulatory agencies * the services to be regulated * the standards that should be regulated * the "just" price for the regulated services * ensuring information is...