Original article by Fleur Anderson, Joanna Heath, Katie Walsh, Julie-Anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 &6 : 23-Sep-14

The draft report of the Australian Government’s competition policy review was delivered on 22 September 2014. Professor Ian Harper made 52 recommendations for reform of competition law. They include changes to regulations on trading hours, pharmacies, town planning, taxi licences and cheap imported goods. Harper said that the changes to competition could expand the economy by 2.5 per cent a year in the long-term

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