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John Quiggin

John Quiggin

The Guardian

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Big business in Australia faces less competition than almost anywhere else – and likes it that way

Supermarkets are the public face of inflation. Every time we go shopping, we are reminded that just about everything costs more than it did before...

08.04.2024 30

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John Quiggin

Light-touch competition policy hasn’t helped Australian mortgage holders. It’s time to get tough

Just two weeks after Prof Allan Fels reported on the extent of monopoly power and resultant price gouging, Australia’s supreme body on competition...

22.02.2024 7

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John Quiggin

For corporations, greed is good – so how can Australia really tackle price gouging?

The long-running debate over “price gouging” should have been settled yesterday by the release of a report by Allan Fels, the former chair of the...

08.02.2024 10

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John Quiggin

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution

The policy debate about the cost of living is among the most confused and confusing in recent memory. All sorts of measures to reduce the cost of...

08.01.2024 100

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John Quiggin

Westpac’s profit jump is no surprise when the RBA favours banks over households

The news that Westpac has announced an annual profit of $7.2bn for 2022-23, up 26% on 2021-22, will not surprise the millions of Australian families...

06.11.2023 10

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John Quiggin

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