Sanjoy Paul Associate Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Australians have been hit by large rises in grocery, energy, transport, child and aged care prices, only adding to other cost of living pressures. ‘Exploitative’ Prices: The Case Against Supermarkets, Airlines and Power Companies […]
By Sanjoy Paul Amid allegations of price gouging, it’s time for big supermarkets to come clean on how they price their products. With inflation driving up the cost of living, many are dreading not just Product Pricing in Supermarkets: Allegations of Price Gouging. […]
Peter Martin Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly backed the reintroduction of the carbon price that helped cut Australia’s emissions between 2012 and 2014. The government concedes that achieving its legislated emissions reduction target of 43% Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero. […]
Professor Carl Rhodes Accounting and consulting group PwC has been front page news ever since its chief executive Tim Seymour stepped down “effectively immediately” in May, when the firm said it had “betrayed the trust” Beyond the PwC scandal, there’s a growing case for a royal commission into Australia’s ruthless corporate greed. […]
Authors Emma Hawthorne, Damien Hudson & Greg Guthridge Consumer confidence underpins our net zero ambitions – and so boosting the customer experience is mission-critical for Australian energy providers. In brief The transition to net zero Why consumer sentiment could stall the clean energy transition […]
By Ameeta Jain Average housing rents across Australia have increased by about 10% per year to February 2023 for new rentals, and just a bit lower than that for existing rentals. Combined with rapidly increasing Rent freezes and rent caps will only worsen, not solve Australia’s rental crisis. […]
The UK government wants to rewrite the rules designed to keep the country’s banks and financial institutions stable – again. The so-called Edinburgh reforms announced recently by UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt will “unlock investment and Banking reforms could make the UK a sustainable finance hub, but also threaten financial stability […]