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Danielle WoodThe Conversation |
Fred Hilmer’s reforms were groundbreaking because a series of small changes had a massive cumulative effect. With changes to competition policy, we...
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There can be compelling reasons for governments to intervene with subsidies and other favours. But they can never be allowed to become blank cheques.
Before riding in on a white horse to stage an ‘ESG takeover’, critics should take more than a cursory glance at the work the commission actually...
There is a lot of noise, and various explanations for the short-term decline, but not yet a clear story of emerging structural impediments to growth.