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2016

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Is that a fact?

Philip Williams
22 December 2016

A recent decision by The Australian Competition Tribunal brings into sharp focus a difference between economists and the courts in their approach to facts. The decision is Application by Sea [...]

Bulletins | 2016 | Competition | Dispute & Litigation Support
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Ministers decide to retain and reform limited merits review regime

Frontier Economics
14 December 2016

The COAG Energy Council has decided to retain but reform the limited merits review regime that applies to decisions of the Australian Energy Regulator.

News | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation
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Options for enhancing the Australian Limited Merits Review regime

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Danny Price
14 December 2016

Frontier Economics and leading law firm Herbert Smith Freehills were engaged by Energy Networks Australia to prepare a policy paper, "Options for enhancing the Australian Limited Merits Review [...]

Reports | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation
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Emissions intensity schemes – an interview with Danny Price

Frontier Economics
12 December 2016

David Leitch from Reneweconomy interviews Danny Price on emissions intensity schemes for Radio ITK, a weekly podcast.

News | 2016 | Big Data | Climate Change | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice
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Australian Government consults on fixed line broadband reform package

Frontier Economics
12 December 2016

The Australian Government has released details of its reform package on proposed changes to the regulatory regime applying to superfast broadband.

News | 2016 | Media | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Telecoms, Media and Digital
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AEMC report on integration of energy and emissions reduction policy

Frontier Economics
9 December 2016

The AEMC has provided advice to the COAG Energy Council that analyses the impacts and characteristics of mechanisms to reduce emissions in the electricity sector in line with Australia’s Paris [...]

News | 2016 | Big Data | Climate Change | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice
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Value capture: bypassing the infrastructure impasse?

Anna Wilson | Warwick Davis
25 November 2016

Australia needs at least $300 billion, and up to $700 billion, spent on infrastructure over the short to medium term if it is to maintain and improve its productivity and liveability [1].

Bulletins | 2016 | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Transport
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Secondary Gas Trading Market Design in Singapore

Frontier Economics
4 October 2016

Frontier Economics (leading a consortium including Norton Rose) has been retained by the Singapore Energy Market Authority to design a secondary gas trading market for Singapore.

News | 2016 | Energy | Regulation
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Review of vesting contract regime in Singapore completed    

Frontier Economics
30 September 2016

The Singapore Energy Market Authority has completed a review of the vesting contract regime in Singapore and released the final report.

News | 2016 | Energy | Natural Resources | Regulation
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IPART Releases 2015 Household Survey Results

Frontier Economics
20 September 2016

The New South Wales Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released the results of its 2015 Household Survey. This was the seventh household survey since 1993 about energy and [...]

News | 2016 | Behavioural Economics | Econometrics | Public Policy & Strategic Advice
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ACCC not to oppose WA news media acquisition

Frontier Economics
19 September 2016

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will not oppose Seven West Media’s (SWM) proposed acquisition of The Sunday Times and perthnow.com.au from News Limited [...]

News | 2016 | Competition | Media
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Victorian Government leases Port of Melbourne

Frontier Economics
19 September 2016

The Victorian state government announced that the Lonsdale Consortium was the successful bidder for the 50-year lease for the commercial operations of the Port of Melbourne.

News | 2016 | Regulation | Transport
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Victorian Government legalises Uber and other ride-sharing services

Frontier Economics
23 August 2016

The Victorian Government today announced a package of regulatory reforms designed to reduce barriers to entry into the taxi and other commercial passenger vehicle market. This will formally allow [...]

News | 2016 | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Transport
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Ministers announce new inquiry into limited merits review regime for regulated energy networks

Frontier Economics
19 August 2016

On 19 August the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council decided that its Senior Committee of Officials would conduct a fresh review of the limited merits review (LMR) regime that [...]

News | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation
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ACCC not to oppose proposals for Port of Melbourne Lease

Frontier Economics
15 August 2016

On 19 August the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council decided that its Senior Committee of Officials would conduct a fresh review of the limited merits review (LMR) regime that [...]

News | 2016 | Regulation | Transport
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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 [...]

Reports | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Transport | Water
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ACCC’s Communications Market Study: Anticipations And Speculations

Warwick Davis
10 July 2016

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 [...]

Reports | 2016 | Competition | Telecoms, Media and Digital
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Fixing Competition Policy?

Philip Williams
7 July 2016

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 [...]

Bulletins | 2016 | Competition
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Sudden Impact

James Allan | Danny Price
28 May 2016

Scrutinising the wholesale price impact of assisted closure of brown coal power stations.

Reports | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation
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Frontier Economics supports International Clinical Trials Day

Frontier Economics
23 May 2016

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 [...]

News | 2016 | Econometrics
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PanAust completes feasibility study for the PanAust copper and gold project

Frontier Economics
19 May 2016

PanAust today announced it had completed the feasibility study on the Frieda River copper and gold project in Papua New Guinea.

News | 2016 | Financial Economics | Natural Resources
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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 [...]

Bulletins | 2016 | Energy | Regulation | Water
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Essential Services Commission (Victoria) releases draft report on taxi fares

Frontier Economics
3 May 2016

The Essential Services Commission today released its draft report on the regulation of maximum taxi fares in Victoria.

News | 2016 | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Transport
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Sudden impact – New Frontier Economics report

Frontier Economics
2 May 2016

Frontier (Australia) has published a new report scrutinising the wholesale price impact of assisted closure of brown coal power stations in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

News | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation
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New Frontier report – Outcome of merits review of AER reset decisions for NSW and ACT networks

Frontier Economics
20 April 2016

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 [...]

News | 2016 | Energy | Regulation
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Outcome of merits review of Australian Energy Regulator (AER) reset decisions for NSW and ACT networks

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Stephen Gray
20 April 2016

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 [...]

Reports | 2016 | Economic Benchmarking | Energy | Regulation
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Iron Mountain acquisition of Recall Holdings to go ahead

Frontier Economics
31 March 2016

The ACCC has allowed Iron Mountain to acquire the Australian company Recall Holdings.

News | 2016 | Competition
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Unappealing Prospects

Dinesh Kumareswaran | Danny Price
29 March 2016

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 [...]

Bulletins | 2016 | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Transport
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ACCC grants conditional authorisation to new booking app ihail

Frontier Economics
22 March 2016

The ACCC granted conditional authorisation to a joint venture between taxi networks and other industry participants to launch and operate a new smartphone taxi booking app called ihail.

News | 2016 | Competition | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Transport
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Australian government to legislate change to anti-competitive conduct provisions

Frontier Economics
17 March 2016

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 [...]

News | 2016 | Competition | Dispute & Litigation Support
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The economic cost of the Syrian conflict

Frontier Economics
15 March 2016

A report by World Vision and Frontier Economics examines the cost of conflict in Syria.

News | 2016 | Econometrics | Public Policy & Strategic Advice
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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.

News | 2016 | Economic Benchmarking | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Water
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Australian Competition Tribunal releases judgments on appeals against Australian Energy Regulator’s determinations

Frontier Economics
26 February 2016

Today the Australian Competition Tribunal published its judgments on several merits reviews of revenue reset decisions made by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).

News | 2016 | Economic Benchmarking | Energy | Regulation
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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.

News | 2016 | Energy | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Water
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Frontier presents at annual Bannerman Competition Lecture

Frontier Economics
11 February 2016

Dr Philip Williams delivered the 2016 Bannerman Competition Lecture.

News | 2016 | Competition
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ESC releases final report on Accident Towing Regulation in Victoria

Frontier Economics
13 January 2016

The ESC today released its final report into the regulation of accident towing services in Victoria. Frontier Economics assisted the ESC with the report.

News | 2016 | Public Policy & Strategic Advice | Regulation | Transport
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