Households in NSW, Queensland and Victoria could face a staggering $600 per year increase in their electricity bills due to energy transition infrastructure fees.

Multibillion-dollar cost blowouts for poles and wires electricity transmission projects have prompted calls for major changes to the way developments are approved and kept on budget as Australia’s escalating fuel crisis puts extra pressure on governments to keep a lid on power prices.

he Policy Institute Australia (PIA) is warning that competition in Australia has declined and has called for a fresh $20 billion war chest to drive a revamped National Competition Policy reform package as part of the government’s upcoming productivity-focused budget.

Policy Institute Australia welcomes the Commonwealth Government’s announcement that it is
revitalising the National Competition Council, and launching a major review to boost labour
mobility.
Policy Institute Australia’ recent report Match fit: Reinvigorating competition in Australia lays
out the case for a reinvigorated focus on competition policy to address Australians’ economic
challenges.

A year ago, we were told the housing market was about to cool, but it didn’t.  What’s in store for us in the year to come?  Guests:  Amy Auster, director of Policy Institute Australia Ben Phillips, principal Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Will house prices go up in 2026? – ABC listen

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