NARGA Chairman John Cummings

August 2007

Competition Law Reform

by Ken on August 8, 2007

UPDATE The bill passed the House of Representatives unamended on the evening of 8 August 2007. See NARGA’s news release. The House of Representatives began debating the Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 today. Check these links for the background. The Treasurer, Mr Costello, introduces Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [...]

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Australian Government’s Response to Productivity Commission report on waste management

by Ken on August 5, 2007

The Australian Government has released its response to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into waste management. See pp 203 for the Commission’s views on plastic shopping bags and NARGA’s contribution to the inquiry. Read the Government’s response.

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The Australia Institute’s Odd Ideas

5 August 2007

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s regular curious misjudgements about news and current affairs, like death and taxes, may always be with us. Regular listeners are probably well used to hearing ABC reports such as the one from the Middle East quoting with approval the opinions of “Mohammed, a student”. Gee, that would be easy to verify. [...]

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Who determines grocery market shares?

5 August 2007

Australia has the most concentrated grocery market in the developed world. Woolworths and Coles jointly have 79 per cent of sales of branded packaged grocery products. In the UK, Tesco and Sainsbury jointly have 48% of the market and are the subject of regular Competition Commission inquiries into their market dominance and behaviour; in the [...]

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