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Frontier Economics – Christmas holidays hours

Frontier Economics
24 December 2018

The Australian offices of Frontier Economics will be closed from 5pm Monday 24 December 2018 and re-open Wednesday 2 January 2019 at 9am.

2018 | Analytical Tools | Behavioural Economics | Benchmarking | Competition | Contract Design | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Intellectual Property | Market Design | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Strategy
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Frontier Economics Singapore – new address

Frontier Economics
1 July 2018

Frontier Economics has moved into new offices in Singapore. This is effective from 1 July 2018.

2018 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | Intellectual Property | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Strategy | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Federal Court hands down judgment in rate-rigging case

Frontier Economics
24 May 2018

Justice Jonathan Beach of the Federal Court of Australia today handed down his judgment in the case brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against Westpac.

2018 | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | News
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Merger authorisation processes in Australia – comment by Philip Williams

Frontier Economics
10 May 2018

Philip Williams provided the comment on a paper given by Dave Poddar at the Competition Law Conference 2018.

2018 | Competition | Dispute Support | News
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ACCC grants authorisation to jointly market NT gas

Frontier Economics
29 March 2018

The ACCC announced today that it had granted authorisation to Central Petroleum and Macquarie Mereenie to jointly market gas from the Mereenie field.

2018 | Competition | Dispute Support | Energy | News
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ACCC grants interim authorisation to jointly market NT gas

Frontier Economics
2 March 2018

The ACCC announced today that it had granted an interim authorisation to Central Petroleum and Macquarie Mereenie to begin negotiations for a joint supply arrangement for gas from the Mereenie field.

2018 | Competition | Dispute Support | Energy | News
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BHP and Esso to separately market Gippsland Basin Gas

Frontier Economics
18 December 2017

The ACCC accepted court enforceable undertakings from BHP Billiton Petroleum (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd (BHP) and Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd (Esso) to separately market their share of gas [...]

2017 | Competition | Dispute Support | Energy | News
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New Bulletin: Quantitative analysis – quality assured?

Frontier Economics
11 December 2017

This bulletin from Frontier Economics looks at econometrics and discusses some examples of when econometric modelling goes awry.

2017 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | News | Public Policy | Regulation
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Quantitative analysis – quality assured?

James Key | Bob Bartels | Dinesh Kumareswaran
11 December 2017

This bulletin from Frontier Economics looks at econometrics and discusses some examples of when econometric modelling goes awry.

2017 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Public Policy | Regulation
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ACCC clears the proposed acquisition of OfficeMax by Platinum Equity

Frontier Economics
30 November 2017

The ACCC has cleared the proposed acquisition of OfficeMax by Platinum Equity.

2017 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News
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Frontier Economics Singapore has a new address

Frontier Economics
31 July 2017

Frontier Economics has moved into new, larger offices in Singapore following rapid growth in the past twelve months. This is effective from 31 July 2017.

2017 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | Intellectual Property | News | Public Policy | Regulation | Strategy | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Judge awards $30 million in damages to Bayer

Frontier Economics
16 March 2017

Justice Jagot of the Federal Court of Australia has awarded damages of more than $25 million plus interest and costs to Bayer for Generic Health’s infringement of its patent.

2017 | Competition | Dispute Support | Intellectual Property | News | Retail and Consumer
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Frontier Economics sponsors GCR Live Singapore 2-3 March 2017

Frontier Economics
2 March 2017

Frontier Economics is an associate sponsor of the 2017 GCR Live conference in Singapore.

2017 | Competition | Dispute Support | News
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Is that a fact?

Philip Williams
22 December 2016

A recent decision by The Australian Competition Tribunal brings into sharp focus a difference between economists and the courts in their approach to facts. The decision is Application by Sea [...]

2016 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support
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Australian government to legislate change to anti-competitive conduct provisions

Frontier Economics
17 March 2016

The Turnbull government has announced it will implement the Harper Review’s recommendation to amend Section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, the provision which deals with misuse of [...]

2016 | Competition | Dispute Support | News
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Frontier Economics welcomes SFG Consulting and new executive directors

Frontier Economics
11 December 2014

Specialist financial economists Professor Stephen Gray and Dr Jason Hall from SFG Consulting Pty Ltd, along with Andrew Harpham from our energy team have joined Frontier (Australia) as executive [...]

2014 | Climate Change | Competition | Corporate Finance | Dispute Support | Econometrics | Energy | Financial Services | News | Regulation | Telecoms | Transport | Water
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Administration of Victoria’s Courts removed from Department of Justice

Frontier Economics
1 July 2014

A new statutory authority, Court Services Victoria (CSV) takes over the administration of courts in the state of Victoria from today.

2014 | Dispute Support | News
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Thinking outside the box: calculating damages

Philip Williams
29 June 2014

Explicit agreements among competitors that fix prices are illegal – and for good reason. If the collusion is successful, prices will be higher and output lower. But cartels are not always very [...]

2014 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics
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AGL given green light on proposed acquisition of Macquarie Generation

Frontier Economics
25 June 2014

The Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) today granted approval for AGL to pursue its proposed $1.5bn acquisition of Macquarie Generation, the largest generation portfolio in New South Wales.

2014 | Competition | Dispute Support | Energy | News
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ACCC permits Woolworths’ acquisition of three supermarkets

Frontier Economics
29 August 2013

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today announced it would allow Woolworths to acquire three Supa IGA supermarkets in Queensland.

2013 | Competition | Dispute Support | News | Retail and Consumer
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Australian High Court quashes Tribunal decision on access to iron ore rail lines

Frontier Economics
14 September 2012

The High Court of Australia (‘High Court’) today ruled that the Australian Competition Tribunal (‘the Tribunal’) had exceeded its powers in its decision regarding access to railway lines by [...]

2012 | Competition | Dispute Support | News | Transport
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Sportsbet challenges discrimination by Harness Racing Victoria

Frontier Economics
21 August 2012

Sportsbet, the internet bookmaker based in Darwin, has claimed that various State governments have allowed racing regulators to levy discriminatory charges against it in order to prevent leakage [...]

2012 | Competition | Dispute Support | News
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Federal Court of Australia dismisses claims against Stanwell Corporation Ltd

Frontier Economics
30 August 2011

Today, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed claims by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) that Stanwell Corporation Limited, a Queensland generator, had breached the ‘good faith’ provisions [...]

2011 | Dispute Support | Energy | News
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Queensland builders found guilty of price-fixing

Frontier Economics
24 August 2011

The Federal Court of Australia today found that Queensland builders had engaged in price fixing by requesting and exchanging cover prices when tendering for government building projects.

2011 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News
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New Zealand air freight decision

Frontier Economics
24 August 2011

An international air freight cartel, involving airlines from New Zealand, Japan, the UAE, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Australia, has been the subject of proceedings in courts around [...]

2011 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News | Transport
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Australian Federal Court finds gambling regulations to be anti-competitive

Frontier Economics
22 August 2011

The Federal Court today issued its decision in the case of Sportsbet Pty Ltd v State of Victoria.

2011 | Competition | Dispute Support | News
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Not Patently Obvious

Philip Williams
30 June 2010

Many holders of patents (and some intellectual property lawyers) do not realise that the exercise of patent rights is constrained by the provisions of the Australian Trade Practices Act 1974.

2010 | Bulletins | Competition | Dispute Support | Intellectual Property
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Gyms to pay more for music in exercise classes

Frontier Economics
19 May 2010

The Australian Copyright Tribunal decided this week to significantly increase the fee that Australian gyms must pay in order to play music recordings in exercise classes. 

2010 | Dispute Support | Intellectual Property | News
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Victorian State Government announces gambling reforms

Frontier Economics
10 April 2008

The Government of Victoria has announced the outcome of its review of gaming licensing arrangements. The current duopoly control of the state's poker machines will end and venues will compete in [...]

2008 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News | Retail and Consumer
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NZCC granted leave to appeal High Court decision re Woolworths acquisition

Frontier Economics
6 February 2008

The New Zealand Commerce Commission was granted leave to appeal the earlier decision of the High Court that granted a clearance for Woolworths to proceed in its bid for The Warehouse Group.

2008 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News | Retail and Consumer
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Woolworths acquisition of The Warehouse Group in New Zealand cleared

Frontier Economics
4 December 2007

On 4 December 2007, the New Zealand High Court released its decision in a major merger battle between Woolworths (the Australian supermarket operator) and the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

2007 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News | Retail and Consumer
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Federal Court of Australia confirms fine on fishery cartel

Frontier Economics
26 November 2007

The Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne has ratified financial penalties for price-fixing that had been agreed between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and a group of [...]

2007 | Competition | Dispute Support | Econometrics | News | Resources
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Wastewater interconnection services and transportation services by Sydney Water

Frontier Economics
21 December 2005

The Australian Competition Tribunal has decided to uphold the appeal by Services Sydney against the Minister's decision not to declare certain services provided by Sydney Water. This means that [...]

2005 | Dispute Support | News | Regulation | Water
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Airside Services at Sydney Airport subjected to regulation

Frontier Economics
9 December 2005

The Australian Competition Tribunal has decided to uphold the appeal by Virgin Blue against the Minister's decision not to "declare" the Airside Service at Sydney Airport. This means that the [...]

2005 | Competition | Dispute Support | News | Regulation | Transport
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