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ACCC right to call for Qld Gov’t to cut stamp duty on home insurance – $200 in stamp duty on each NQ home insurance policy on average

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The ACCC’s Final Report on its Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry has been released at last and, among other things, it rightly reiterates a recommendation made in previous reports to (on p. xxiii): Abolish stamp duty on home, contents and strata … Continue reading →

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Antitrust & “Hipster Trustbusters” with Danielle Wood from Grattan – Economics Explained EP22

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The massive market power of the big tech companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, has prompted a renewed interest in antitrust laws. To discuss antitrust, I invited Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute on to my Economics Explained podcast, … Continue reading →

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Economics of second best in energy policy

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Gene Tunny

Australia’s energy policy is such a confusing mess that the Australian’s economics editor Judith Sloan actually supports the ACCC’s dubious call (in its Electricity Pricing Inquiry Final Report) for the Australian Government to act as a buyer of last resort … Continue reading →

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ACCC Chairman critical of market share of Qld State-owned power generators

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday morning, in one of the best interviews of a public official I have ever heard, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims gave frank and informative replies to ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin on the state of the electricity sector and the inquiry … Continue reading →

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Premier should definitely call early Qld election

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Gene Tunny

The Queensland Parliament is currently unmanageable, and it is no wonder the Premier is considering a snap early election in response to the threat from the Katter MPs and Rob Pyne to block the State Budget, as reported in this … Continue reading →

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ACE2015 careers session on a day in the life of a professional economist

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Gene Tunny

The 2015 Australian Conference of Economists (ACE2015) has commenced in Brisbane at QUT’s Gardens Point campus. Yesterday I participated as a panelist in a session at the PhD Colloquium on a day in the life of a professional economist, along … Continue reading →

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