Supporting research and data

Commission staff undertake supporting research and analysis, data compilation and model development in support of our inquiry and study activity.

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Community service obligations: Policies and practices of Australian governments

01 / 02 / 1997

A report on progress by governments in implementing new approaches to CSOs to: better specify the non-commercial objectives of GBEs; make the costs of CSOs more transparent; reduce the costs imposed on some users; improve and monitor the delivery of CSOs to targeted recipients; and reduce inconsistencies in the national performance monitoring of GBEs.

Assessing the potential for market power in the National Electricity Market

08 / 01 / 1997

Assessing the potential for market power in the National Electricity Market

National access regime

01 / 01 / 1997

An Industry Commission submission to the National Competition Council on the National Access Regime.

Impact of mutual recognition on regulations in Australia

30 / / 1997

This Information Paper discusses the impact of mutual recognition of regulations on labour market mobility and interstate trade in goods since 1993.

Australian Atlantic Salmon: Effects of import competition

20 / 12 / 1996

Australian Atlantic Salmon: Effects of import competition

Privacy protection in the private sector

01 / 12 / 1996

This submission comments on the proposal to extend the scope of privacy protection would affect a very wide range of businesses. It focuses on the direct marketing industry as that industry would be particularly affected although the general points made have broader application. This submission addresses three matters, the importance of using a Regulation Impact Statement to justify regulations that impact upon the direct marketing industry, avoiding unnecessary regulatory overlap on the direct marketing industry, and ensuring that regulations which impact upon business are created after adequate consultation with stakeholders.

The changing of Australian manufacturing

01 / 12 / 1996

The changing of Australian manufacturing

Industry Commission Annual Report 1995-96

23 / 11 / 1996

The 1995-96 annual report of the Industry Commission.

Cross-media ownership rules

13 / 11 / 1996

This submission comments on the review of cross-media ownership which was conducted by the Department of Communications and the Arts.

Rural Adjustment Scheme

01 / 11 / 1996

An Industry Commission submission to the mid-term Review of the Rural Adjustment Scheme.

Internet and electronic cash

15 / 10 / 1996

This submission focuses on three matters, the importance of developing an optimal regulatory environment for electronic commerce, the use by Commonwealth government agencies of a Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) when justifying and reviewing regulations that impact on business, and analysis of the potential impact of new or amended tax regulations on taxpayer compliance costs.

Reform and the distribution of income - An economy-wide approach

01 / 10 / 1996

Reform and the distribution of income - An economy-wide approach

GBE price reform - Effects on household expenditure

01 / 10 / 1996

GBE price reform - Effects on household expenditure

A model of investment in the Sydney four and five star hotel market

01 / 10 / 1996

A model of investment in the Sydney four and five star hotel market

Regulation and its review 1995-96

01 / 09 / 1996

The focus of this annual report publication is on the developments in government processes which are designed to achieve more effective, yet less intrusive, regulation.