Socio-economically remote regions of Australia tend to be located in either arid or wet tropical bio-physical regions (Robin & Dovers, 2007; Stafford Smith 2008; Larson & Alexandridis 2009; Larson et al, 2010). Thus, remote and regional Australia appears to be different to the rest of Australia not only in...

This article considers some of the implications for social welfare of bundling in the Australian telecommunications industry. The practice of bundling—offering two or more products for sale as a single package—is a strategy used in many industries. Although common, there are circumstances...

It is widely acknowledged that increasing tourism and recreation usage of natural resources in Australia has placed heavy demands on those responsible for visitor management. The consequent need for more revenue has led local government and national park management to contemplate extended...

[Extract] The access declaration process, instituted by the Telecommunications Act 1997, requires providers of declared telecommunication services to provide competitors with access to those services on fair and equitable terms and conditions. The Act vests the Australian Competition and...

Economic models have long been used as a way of organising and presenting information for policy makers interested in large regions - e.g. nations - and recent advances in information technology make the goal of developing models for decision makers in other locales a realistic one. The research...

Using data from a survey of more than 1000 domestic visitors to the Northern section of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) – predominantly those travelling on live-aboard dive boats – this research investigates the (tax) efficiency of the Environmental Management Charge (EMC). The travel cost...

Covering approximately one quarter of mainland Australia, the Tropical Savanna (TS) is home to fewer than 3 percent of all Australians. Yet it accounts for close to 30 percent of the nation’s exports and contains more than 70 percent of Australia’s freshwater resources. Not surprisingly,...