New crane for Fremantle Port
29 December 2023 - Euan Morton was invited by 7News Perth to comment on DP World’s new container crane arrival ...
29 December, 2023
Competition Law and Transport Policy: ACCC v NSW Ports
Earlier this week, Justice Jagot published her reasons for dismissing the ACCC’s action against NSW Ports in connection with the ...
23 July, 2021
Federal Budget 2021-22 – Changes to the National Access Regime
While the focus of this year’s Federal Budget is on increased spending in aged care and infrastructure, the Budget Papers ...
14 May, 2021
Building more efficient rail freight supply chains
Australia depends on freight supply chains operating efficiently and effectively as possible to meet demand for many of our household ...
19 February, 2021
More efficient port supply chains in Victoria
The Victorian Government’s release of a discussion paper last week as part of its current review into Victorian port arrangements ...
23 July, 2020
Spotlight on airport performance
In February, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its annual monitoring report of airport performance. The report makes ...
01 April, 2020
Driving reform in transport efficiency
The Productivity Commission released its draft report into transport regulatory reform last month. While the PC’s inquiry has found transport ...
03 December, 2019
ACCC shines spotlight on stevedoring charges
This week’s release of the ACCC’s annual container stevedoring monitoring report represents the latest regulatory snapshot on issues involving access ...
08 November, 2019
Mobility – what are the actual costs?
Increasing population and urban density are changing transport infrastructure requirements in many cities and regions in Australia. Efficient transport planning ...
18 September, 2018
Stevedore infrastructure charges – efficient or excessive?
It’s a topic that generates much debate in Australia’s ports and freight industries. And the debate is not likely to ...
04 December, 2017
Navigating a path through the national energy policy morass
The almost weekly major energy policy announcements by State and Commonwealth Governments in recent times brings to mind the old ...
29 June, 2017
A tale of two stevedores – infrastructure charges
In recent months, Australia’s two major stevedores have announced increased fees for truck and rail operators accessing major city container ...
19 June, 2017
How the tables have turned…
At the beginning of 2016, headline figures suggested our economy was growing at a steady pace. Yet the income and ...
09 December, 2016
The new Victorian Water Regulatory Framework (PREMO)
Victoria will be implementing a new water pricing framework for the next regulatory price review in 2018. The framework will ...
23 November, 2016
Have we finally turned the corner?
Official figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that we are finally beginning to recover from ...
06 September, 2016
COAG Energy Council discusses transformation of the energy sector
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council met on 19 August 2016 to discuss the transformation of the gas ...
24 August, 2016
The AER’s Draft Ring-fencing Guideline – is the balance right?
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released its Draft Ring-fencing Guideline (the Draft Guideline) and explanatory statement. The new guideline ...
22 August, 2016
Recent price reviews in the water sector
In June 2016 a number of regulatory pricing reviews in the water sector were finalised. This includes: Hunter Water, Sydney ...
01 August, 2016
Some simple ways to better understand economic modelling
In our last article on modelling we defended the art of economic modelling. We identified why purchasers, users and readers ...
11 July, 2016
QCA’s Final Decision on Queensland Rail’s Draft Access Undertaking
On 10 June 2016, the QCA released its final decision on Queensland Rail’s (QR’s) draft access undertaking proposal (DAU), submitted ...
22 June, 2016
Economic Modelling – how useful is it really?
There has been a lot of noise in the media of late about the lack of credibility of economic modelling. ...
15 June, 2016
Where now with benchmarking?
In its recent decision in the Australian Competition Tribunal (‘the Tribunal’) has just delivered a serious blow to the Australian ...
10 June, 2016
Port of Newcastle: ACT upholds Glencore’s appeal on decision to not declare channel services
On 31 May 2016, the Australian Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) released its Decision to uphold Glencore’s appeal against the Commonwealth ...
03 June, 2016
Why it feels like a recession despite the growth
Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that real net national disposable income (NNDI) fell by ...
02 June, 2016
ESC paper heralds a new regulatory pricing model for Victoria’s water sector
The Essential Services Commission (ESC) released a Position Paper that proposes a new model for regulating prices of water services ...
25 May, 2016
Applying Hilmer Principles in Changing Energy Markets
In 1993, the Hilmer Report presented a ground breaking review of national competition policy, establishing the framework for public utility ...
27 April, 2016
WA – An Economy in Transition
A cursory glance says Western Australia’s (WA’s) economy is doing okay. Real Gross State Product (GSP) is growing at a ...
13 April, 2016
IPART releases 2016 Draft Determination for Hunter Water
On 22 March 2016, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) released its draft determination for Hunter Water’s water, wastewater ...
12 April, 2016
Australian Competition Tribunal energy merits review decisions
On 26 February 2016, the Australian Competition Tribunal released its decisions in relation to the merits review appeals made by ...
28 February, 2016
Using economics to avoid a punch-up
“Chairs were thrown, one councillor was punched and another councillor was thrown to the ground.” Could a short primer on ...
25 February, 2016