The implications of national competition policy
By: BOSWELL, Senator Ron
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Contributor(s): SENATE, Australian.
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, June 1996Australian Journal of Public Administration 55, 2, p. 79-82Abstract: The Competition Policy Reform Bill 1995 is part of a national policy package which aims to free up competition in Australian markets. The objective is to systematically remove anti-competitive behaviour so that efficiency is improved to the public benefit. While one can endorse the concept that economic efficiency is best served in a purely competitive market, where businesses can get on with their responsability to maximise profits, concerns exist as to wheter it is possible to impose legislatively and unilaterally an economic principle or philosophy on a nation that will achieve its lofty objectives. These proposals were developed before the 1996 federal election
The Competition Policy Reform Bill 1995 is part of a national policy package which aims to free up competition in Australian markets. The objective is to systematically remove anti-competitive behaviour so that efficiency is improved to the public benefit. While one can endorse the concept that economic efficiency is best served in a purely competitive market, where businesses can get on with their responsability to maximise profits, concerns exist as to wheter it is possible to impose legislatively and unilaterally an economic principle or philosophy on a nation that will achieve its lofty objectives. These proposals were developed before the 1996 federal election
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