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The Institute of Public Affairs Deregulation Unit seeks to reduce government intervention in the economy. Regulatory reform has been important in promoting the economic improvement Australia has experienced during the reform period. By examining regulation in trade, labour markets, corporate behaviour, energy, infrastructure and the social sphere, the Deregulation Unit recommends further avenues for reform.
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Renewable energy rules lose traction
Energy policy in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries is spurred by concerns that gas and oil are becoming...
Danger of new thickets of gas regulation
Peter Roberts' "Globalised gas pricing has local costs" (Talking Point, January 30) applauds the commonwealth's National Energy Security...
Fair's fare benefits government, not business
The Rudd/Gillard governments have introduced many business-unfriendly policies. Three of these the mining tax, Fair Work Australia (FWA) and the...
Era of cheap energy needn't be over
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has launched the government's draft white paper on energy. Having run the gauntlet of bureaucratic committees, much...
Opposition to coal seam gas doesn't hold water
New technology has allowed coal seam gas (CSG), previously known as the menacing cause of mine explosions, to become prominent as an energy source....
Convergence Review: complete, spectacular failure
The Convergence Review "has assembled what could be a workable model for regulating the converged media environment," said Greens Senator Scott...
Publications
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills
They just don't get it
As a sovereign nation, Indonesia has the right to run its domestic policy as it sees fit. As a democratic country with a free press, we retain the right to express our opinions. But fundamentally, we do not have the right to force another country...
Carbon tax calculator exposes hit to family and business budgets
The Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's leading free market think tank, today distributed thousands of postcards to small businesses across the country highlighting a new research tool which allows Australians to calculate the impact to their...
