The federal government will implement Harper’s much-pushed for recommendation for a new competition policy body - but how its fits with other regulators is uncertain.
Is further consultation on section 46 really likely to reveal something the already extensive input has not?
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Supermarket giants are predictably opposed to
Harper Review’s effects test, but the report is a mixed bag when it comes to other retail competition issues.
The Harper Review should focus attention on planning and zoning reform as a crucial way of improving competition.
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The main question to ask of the Harper report is: what will make a tangible difference to our economic prosperity?
The Harper competition policy review recommendations include changing the way misuse of market power can be prosecuted.
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