ESC releases final report on Accident Towing Regulation in Victoria
The Essential Services Commission (ESC) today released its final report into the economic regulation of accident towing services in Victoria. The ESC has been reviewing this sector over the past 18...
View ArticleFrontier presents at annual Bannerman Competition Lecture
Dr Philip Williams AM, Head of Legal and Competition at Frontier (Australia), presented this evening at the second annual Bannerman Competition Lecture in Melbourne. The event was hosted by the...
View ArticleFrontier looks at incentives and innovations in regulatory mechanisms
Last week, Frontier (Australia) hosted a series of seminars in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane aimed at stimulating policy debate on the future of energy network regulation in Australia. The...
View ArticleAustralian Competition Tribunal releases judgments on appeals against...
Today the Australian Competition Tribunal published its judgments on several merits reviews of revenue reset decisions made by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER). These appeals, the most complex of...
View ArticleUnappealing Prospects | New Frontier Economics Bulletin
On 26 February 2016, the Australian Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) handed down its judgment on merits reviews sought by a number of energy networks and consumers on revenue determinations made...
View ArticleThe economic cost of the Syrian conflict
A panel of academics and humanitarian advocates meeting at the ANU’s Crawford School of Government today discussed a report prepared by World Vision and Frontier Economics (Europe) on the economic...
View ArticleAustralian government to legislate change to anti-competitive conduct provisions
The Turnbull government has announced it will implement the Harper Review’s recommendation to amend Section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, the provision which deals with misuse of market...
View ArticleACCC grants conditional authorisation to new booking app ihail
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today granted conditional authorisation to a joint venture between taxi networks and other industry participants, including Cabcharge, to...
View ArticleUnappealing Prospects
The Australian Competition Tribunal’s recent judgment found in favour of the businesses that sought merits review of the Australian Energy Regulator’s revenue determinations, on most of the grounds on...
View ArticleOptional Firm Access design and testing – a response to the AEMC’s First...
Frontier Economics prepared this report for a broad coalition of National Electricity Market participants on the AEMC’s Optional Firm Access proposal. It examines the likely market effects of the...
View ArticleIron Mountain acquisition of Recall Holdings to go ahead
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has allowed Iron Mountain to acquire the Australian company Recall Holdings. This is subject to Iron Mountain selling most of its Australian...
View ArticleOutcome of merits review of Australian Energy Regulator (AER) reset decisions...
On 26 February 2016, the Australian Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) issued its judgment in relation to merits reviews, sought by consumer groups and several regulated energy networks, of recent...
View ArticleNew Frontier report – Outcome of merits review of AER reset decisions for NSW...
On 26 February 2016, the Australian Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) issued its judgment in relation to merits reviews, sought by consumer groups and several regulated energy networks, of recent...
View ArticleSudden impact – New Frontier Economics report
Frontier (Australia) has published a new briefing, Sudden impact: scrutinising the wholesale price impact of assisted closure of brown coal power stations. This briefing examines a proposal recently...
View ArticleEssential Services Commission (Victoria) releases draft report on taxi fares
The Essential Services Commission (ESC) today released its draft report on the regulation of maximum taxi fares in Victoria. In its draft report, the ESC describes the changing nature of the commercial...
View ArticleOnce Bitten Twice Shy
Why Retrospective Action Undermines Incentive Regulation A recent judgment by the Australian Competition Tribunal leaves it open to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to consider whether it would...
View ArticlePanAust completes feasibility study for the PanAust copper and gold project
PanAust today announced it had completed the feasibility study on the Frieda River copper and gold project in Papua New Guinea. The project is owned 80% by PanAust and 20% by Highlands Pacific....
View ArticleFrontier Economics supports International Clinical Trials Day
International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on or near May 20 each year. It celebrates the day that James Lind started what is often considered the first randomized clinical trial...
View ArticleSudden Impact
Scrutinising the wholesale price impact of assisted closure of brown coal power stations This briefing prepared by Frontier Economics examines a proposal recently developed by academic Frank Jotzo and...
View ArticleFixing Competition Policy?
Earlier this year, a joint media release by the Australian Treasurer (Scott Morrison), Prime Minister (Malcolm Turnbull) and the Minister for Small Business (Kelly O’Dwyer) was headed “Fixing...
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