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Economics & Deregulation / Energy
Energy is a vital area of the Australian economy, but it is constantly threatened by regulation and taxation. The Institute of Public Affairs examines the regulatory framework governing the energy sector and shows how deregulation can ensure that firms are given every opportunity to operate efficiently and that consumers receive the full benefits of a deregulated energy market. Environmental policies are also likely to challenge the vitality of this important sector.
The IPA also runs the Energy Forum, which brings together firms in the electricity and gas supply industry, all of which share a common view that privatisation and minimal levels of regulation will best serve the community. It provides a platform on which major industry leaders can test their views and subject them to informed criticism. Energy Forum papers are available here. For more information about the Energy Forum, please contact Alan Moran.
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Energy costs defy logic
In response to my Opinion article on September 8 on the costs of the carbon tax, the British High Commissioner (Letters, September 14) rejects the...
The case against the carbon tax
In a leaked briefing, UK Prime Minister David Cameron's energy adviser warned him that British carbon abatement policies would raise electricity...
In reality China's carbon tax is far lower than ours
Tomorrow the federal parliament may debate the one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard's haunting broken promise that "there will be no carbon tax...
'Carbon cops' destined to join mega-regulators club
The powers which the Gillard Government intends to give the Clean Energy Regulator are unquestionably illiberal. The climate body will be able to...
Peak productivity, living standards set for carbon tax sacrifice
Campaigning by politicians through the power generation regions of the Latrobe Valley and the Hunter have focussed on the effects of a carbon tax...
Slim chance of global carbon market post Kyoto
Irrespective of whether Julia Gillard succeeds in selling her carbon tax plan to the public, eight months before the next federal election the...
Energy costs, labour power block road to productivity
A recent AcilTasman report shows Australia's productivity performance has slowed, with Victoria, post-2005, collecting the wooden spoon. One cause...
Too many economists in the carbon kitchen
There's a lot of interesting material in the survey of Australian economists released last week. But the results are not much use as a guide for...
Suffocating the economy one tax at a time
If implemented, Julia Gillard's proposed carbon price starting at $23 per tonne will push us closer to economic stagnation. If the Government...
Boon for the carbonocrats
The Gillard government's carbon tax package is a triumph for fiscal churn and bureaucracy over wealth creation and, for that matter, the...
