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Rebuilding faith in institutions, markets and competition: what is the way forward?

Frontier Economics
28 November 2019

The Regulatory Policy Institute ANZ inaugural seminar, "Rebuilding faith in institutions, markets and competition: what is the way forward?", is on this evening and is a full house. George [...]

2019 | Climate Change | Energy | Financial Services | Media | News | Resources | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Event – “Rebuilding faith in institutions, markets and competition: what is the way forward?”

Frontier Economics
21 November 2019

George Houpis, director at Frontier Economics (Europe) will be presenting in a panel for the inaugural seminar of the Regulatory Policy Institute ANZ, "Rebuilding faith in institutions, markets [...]

2019 | Climate Change | Energy | Financial Services | Media | News | Resources | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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“Brexit & Australia”, Singapore

Frontier Economics
28 September 2019

'Brexit & Australia' took place in Singapore on 25 September 2019, with Frontier Economics (Europe) Chair, Lord Gus O'Donnell, and Andrew Robb AO, former Australian Minister for Trade presenting.

2019 | Climate Change | Energy | Financial Services | Media | News | Resources | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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WSAA releases Blue + Green = Liveability

Frontier Economics
19 September 2019

The Water Services Association of Australia has released the paper "Blue + Green = Liveability", which features several case studies of projects that Frontier Economics has undertaken in the [...]

2019 | Climate Change | News | Strategy | Water
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Brexit & Australia – AustCham and BritCham presents in Singapore

Frontier Economics
10 September 2019

BritCham and AustCham in Singapore are co-presenting an event, Brexit & Australia, on Wednesday 25 September 2019. Speakers are Frontier Economics (Europe) Chair, Lord Gus O'Donnell, and Andrew [...]

2019 | Climate Change | Energy | Financial Services | Media | News | Resources | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Health benefits from water-centric liveable communities – New Frontier Economics report for WSAA

Frontier Economics
13 May 2019

A report prepared for the Water Services Association of Australia by Frontier Economics looks at the health benefits to the community from investing in water infrastructure to create liveable cities.

2019 | Climate Change | News | Strategy | Water
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Economic and regulatory barriers to cost-effective water recycling

Frontier Economics
31 January 2019

Infrastructure NSW engaged Frontier Economics to advise on the optimum regulatory framework for the uptake of cost-effective recycled water initiatives.

2019 | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Water
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Public Seminar | Changing Behaviour in the Public and Private Sectors

Frontier Economics
31 October 2018

Frontier Economics is co-hosting a seminar given by Gus O'Donnell on Changing Behaviour in the Public and Private Sector on Wednesday 7 November 2018.

2018 | Behavioural Economics | Climate Change | Energy | Financial Services | Media | News | Public Policy | Resources | Retail and Consumer | Telecoms | Water
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IPART publishes draft decision on its approach to financeability tests

Frontier Economics
7 August 2018

The New South Wales Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal published today a draft decision on its 2018 review of its approach to conducting financeability tests.

2018 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Frontier Economics Singapore – new address

Frontier Economics
1 July 2018

Frontier Economics has moved into new offices in Singapore. This is effective from 1 July 2018.

2018 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | Intellectual Property | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Strategy | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Private sector participation in the water sector – optimal allocation of risk

Frontier Economics
19 April 2018

Mike Woolston, Frontier Economics, has co-authored a paper on public private partnerships in the water sector, titled Private Sector Participation in the Water Sector - Optimal Allocation of Risk.

2018 | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Reports | Water
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Infrastructure Australia report on reforming urban water released

Frontier Economics
8 December 2017

Infrastructure Australia has released a report suggesting fundamental changes to the governance and regulation of Australia's urban water markets.

2017 | Climate Change | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Water
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Frontier Economics Singapore has a new address

Frontier Economics
31 July 2017

Frontier Economics has moved into new, larger offices in Singapore following rapid growth in the past twelve months. This is effective from 31 July 2017.

2017 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | Intellectual Property | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Strategy | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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IPART releases final report and determination for WaterNSW’s Rural Bulk Water services

Frontier Economics
13 June 2017

IPART has released the final report and determination regarding WaterNSW’s prices for NSW Rural Bulk Water Services to be applied from 1 July 2017.

2017 | News | Public Policy | Water
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IPART releases draft determination for WaterNSW’s Rural Bulk Water services

Frontier Economics
14 March 2017

IPART has released their Draft Determination regarding WaterNSW’s prices for NSW Rural Bulk Water Services to be applied from 1 July 2017.

2017 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Social and Economic Impacts of the Basin Plan in Victoria

Frontier Economics
3 March 2017

The Victorian Government today released its findings on the social and economic impacts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Victoria.

2017 | News | Public Policy | Resources | Water
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Nominal GDP Targeting

Danny Price | Rajat Sood
10 August 2016

Has the time come to replace the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA’s) mandate to keep inflation between two and three percent per annum with a ‘nominal GDP’ growth target of five and a half [...]

2016 | Energy | Public Policy | Reports | Transport | Water
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Once Bitten Twice Shy

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Stephen Gray
11 May 2016

A recent judgment by the Australian Competition Tribunal leaves it open to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to consider whether it would be in the long-term interests of consumers of [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Energy | Regulation | Water
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Unappealing Prospects | New Frontier Economics Bulletin

Frontier Economics
10 March 2016

This bulletin from Frontier (Australia) explains why a merits review regime is essential to a well-functioning regulatory system.

2016 | Benchmarking | Energy | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Water
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Frontier looks at incentives and innovations in regulatory mechanisms

Frontier Economics
23 February 2016

Last week, Frontier (Australia) hosted a series of seminars aimed at stimulating policy debate on the future of energy network regulation in Australia.

2016 | Energy | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Water
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Major report calls for renewed reform in urban water

Frontier Economics
12 November 2015

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) and the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) jointly released the report entitled “Doing the important, as well as the urgent: reforming the [...]

2015 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Frontier presents at Water Pricing conference in Melbourne

Frontier Economics
11 November 2015

Rob Francis, Associate Director at Frontier (Europe), spoke at the Essential Services Commission of Victoria (ESC) Water Pricing conference on 9 and 10 November 2015 in Melbourne

2015 | News | Regulation | Water
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 Frontier economist awarded university medal

Frontier economist awarded university medal

Frontier Economics
11 May 2015

Frontier (Australia) economist Alyssa Buchardt graduated from her degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) at Monash University on Monday 11 May 2015.

2015 | Econometrics | Energy | News | Water
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Is there a water infrastructure deficit in Australia? Frontier examines funding in the Water Journal

Frontier Economics
19 March 2015

An article by Mike Woolston of Frontier (Australia), published in the February 2015 edition of the Australian Water Association’s Water Journal, looks at the issue of funding water infrastructure.

2015 | Corporate Finance | News | Public Policy | Water
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Frontier participates in Australian water delegation to the USA    

Frontier Economics
13 March 2015

An Australian Water Association article in the February 2015 edition of the Water Journal rounds up issues behind the visit of a delegation of water professionals to California last December, [...]

2015 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Frontier Economics welcomes SFG Consulting and new executive directors

Frontier Economics
11 December 2014

Specialist financial economists Professor Stephen Gray and Dr Jason Hall from SFG Consulting Pty Ltd, along with Andrew Harpham from our energy team have joined Frontier (Australia) as executive [...]

2014 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | News | Regulation | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Frontier report on regulation of urban water industry released

Frontier Economics
26 August 2014

Today, the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) announced the release of the report “Improving Economic Regulation in the Urban Water Industry”.

2014 | News | Regulation | Water
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Pray For Rain: ACCC’s Loss Capitalisation Model

Mike Woolston
5 May 2014

A fundamental objective of economic regulation is to ensure a regulated firm has a reasonable opportunity to recover its efficiently-incurred costs. Without this opportunity, such a firm will no [...]

2014 | Bulletins | Regulation | Water
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Pray for Rain – New Frontier Economics bulletin

Frontier Economics
5 May 2014

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC’s) recent draft decision on how State Water’s volume risk should be managed departs from standard regulatory practice. This bulletin [...]

2014 | News | Regulation | Water
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Review Of Urban Water Customer Choice Options, Policy Drivers And Regulatory Instruments

Mike Woolston
4 July 2013

In order to identify opportunities for reform in urban water policy to ensure that the sector was well placed to meet customer and community expectations in the future, in 2011 the Commission [...]

2013 | Reports | Resources | Water
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Frontier report on giving customers a greater voice in urban water sector

Frontier Economics
4 July 2013

Frontier (Australia) has undertaken a review of urban water customer choice options, policy drivers and regulatory instruments for the National Water Commission.

2013 | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Water
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Measure for measure

Dave Appels
8 August 2012

Do estimates of virtual water and food miles really help consumers to make environmentally friendly choices?

2012 | Bulletins | Climate Change | Public Policy | Resources | Water
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Measure for measure – Frontier Economics bulletin

Frontier Economics
8 August 2012

Do estimates of virtual water and food miles really help consumers to make environmentally friendly choices? The latest bulletin from Frontier (Australia) considers these questions.

2012 | News | Resources | Water
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Australian National Water Commission launches water and climate change report

Frontier Economics
3 May 2012

The Australian National Water Commission today published “Water policy and climate change in Australia”. The report examines interactions between water policies and both climate change mitigation [...]

2012 | Climate Change | News | Public Policy | Water
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Australian National Water Commission launches water trading report

Frontier Economics
18 April 2012

The Australian National Water Commission today published “Impacts of water trading in the southern Murray–Darling Basin between 2006-07 and 2010-11”.

2012 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Water markets in Australia – a short history

Frontier Economics
8 December 2011

Australia’s National Water Commission has today released Water Markets in Australia - a short history, which documents the evolution of water markets in the country.

2011 | Market Design | News | Water
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Murray-Darling Authority releases draft Basin Plan

Frontier Economics
28 November 2011

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) today released its draft Basin Plan.

2011 | Market Design | News | Resources | Water
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Review of water pricing in Australia

Frontier Economics
20 April 2011

Today the National Water Commission launched their review of pricing reform in the Australian water sector and supporting reports.

2011 | Market Design | News | Resources | Water
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Urban Water in Australia – Future Directions

Frontier Economics
7 April 2011

Today the National Water Commission (NWC) launched Urban Water in Australia: Future Directions to promote reform in the urban water sector.

2011 | Market Design | News | Public Policy | Water
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Impacts of water trading in the southern Murray Darling Basin

Frontier Economics
11 June 2010

Today the National Water Commission (NWC) launched a report into the impacts of water trading in the southern Murray Darling Basin.

2010 | Market Design | News | Regulation | Water
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International drivers of rural R&D

Dave Appels
11 February 2010

On 4 August 2016, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims announced that the ACCC’s next market study will focus on the Australian communications sector. This [...]

2010 | Public Policy | Reports | Resources | Water
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International drivers of rural R&D

Frontier Economics
11 February 2010

Frontier (Australia) was recently commissioned by the Australian Rural R&D Council to investigate the main drivers shaping research and development (R&D) policies and institutions internationally

2010 | News | Public Policy | Resources | Water
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Second biennial assessment of progress in the National Water Initiative

Frontier Economics
22 October 2009

The Australian National Water Commission has released its second biennial assessment of progress in the implementation of the National Water Initiative.

2009 | News | Water
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The impact of volumetric restrictions on water entitlement trade

Frontier Economics
15 September 2009

Frontier Economics has completed a report on volumetric trading limits in intra-regional trade in water access entitlements for the ACCC.

2009 | News | Public Policy | Water
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Termination Fees For Irrigation Services And Landholder Decisions

Mike Woolston | Dave Appels
31 December 2008

Many irrigators in Murray-Darling Basin access water by holding tradeable water entitlements, which relate to a specific water resource such as a dam. In recent years governments have taken steps [...]

2008 | Reports | Water
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Improving Water Management In Northern Victoria

Mike Woolston
30 September 2008

A Report Prepared For The Victorian Department Of Sustainability And Environment. To assist with the development of the Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy in Victoria, this paper assesses [...]

2008 | Energy | Public Policy | Reports | Transport | Water
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Australian National Water Commission looks to the future of urban water pricing

Frontier Economics
7 August 2008

The Australian Government's National Water Commission has released a position statement on urban water pricing.

2008 | News | Regulation | Water
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The Concept Of ‘Virtual Water’ — A Critical Review

Dave Appels
30 January 2008

A Report Prepared For The Victorian Department Of Primary Industries. ‘Virtual water’ is an estimate of the amount of water involved in the production of a particular product. The virtual water [...]

2008 | Reports | Resources | Water
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Wastewater interconnection services and transportation services by Sydney Water

Frontier Economics
21 December 2005

The Australian Competition Tribunal has decided to uphold the appeal by Services Sydney against the Minister's decision not to declare certain services provided by Sydney Water. This means that [...]

2005 | Dispute Support | News | Regulation | Water
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Pricing policies for a rural water authority

Frontier Economics
31 March 2005

Goulburn-Murray Water retained Frontier (Australia) to undertake an independent review of its pricing methodologies and models.

2005 | News | Regulation | Water
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Promoting competition in Sydney sewerage markets

Frontier Economics
26 October 2004

Frontier (Australia) were asked by solicitors for Sydney Water to prepare a report on the promotion of competition in Sydney water markets.

2004 | Competition | News | Water
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