The John Hyde Archives

Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.

Monopoly

The TPC & the IATA Agreement

Monopoly  Industrial Relations 

  • The problem with the trade practices commission is that the most serious monopolies are out of its reach.
  • The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a price maintenance agreement that allows for cabin crew to share in the monopoly margins through their union.
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The W.A. Sheep Meat Industry

Protectionism  Monopoly 

  • The Lamb Board shows the consequence of instituting a government-controlled monopoly versus a free market.
  • Both consumer and producers have been prejudiced.
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Health Care 3: Medicare

Monopoly  Regulation  Competition 

  • Medical fraud by doctors in a statutory monopoly
  • Firing a doctor removes his/her service from the community
  • The best is no Medicare; the market decides
  • * But what about a naturally formed cartel?
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NSW Egg Corporation

Protectionism  Monopoly 

  • Even though the NSW Egg board has been mandated to be efficient, it can never be truly efficient as it is a monopoly.
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On the right to strike

Industrial Relations  Monopoly  Law 

  • There is a misuse of legal power to create monopolies.
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Not Lazy (Published in the Weekend Australian as Monopolies corner the market in frustration)

Protectionism  Monopoly  Regulation  Business 

  • Australians are more often frustrated with government regulations than lazy.
  • Monopolies are the reason for Australia's lost competiveness than laziness.
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Senator Walsh

Politics  Monopoly 

  • Senator Walsh made a case that a private monopoly is superior to a public monopoly.
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Wheat Marketing: A Case Study of Monopoly

Protectionism  Cronyism  Monopoly 

  • Monopolists argue that increasing size will allow for economies of scale but without competition that is no onus to pass on the benefits.
  • Wheat growers that keep silent about their lack of choice allow their impoverishment.
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The Liberals IR Policy

Industrial Relations  Monopoly  Competition  Regulation 

  • To protect the public from monopolies, the best alternative is to allow competition. Any reduction will reduce the pain of getting our economic house in order.
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Wheat Marketing: Too Much Politics

Monopoly 

  • When any vested interest creates a monopoly, the price of the product is then raised.
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The Coalition

Regulation  Monopoly  Cronyism  Politics 

  • It is in the national interest to avoid all unnatural monopolies.
  • If the National Party does not want a free wheat market, who will believe them when they call for deregulation.
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The OTC Sacking

Monopoly 

  • Monopolies do not go broke as they can pass on any unnecessary costs on to their customers.
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Policing the Media

Monopoly  Politics 

  • The limitations that government places on the media outlets are unnecessary.
  • One wonders if the government would like the media to feel obligated to them.
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Telecom

Monopoly 

  • Telecom is Australia's biggest state-backed monopoly. It should be broken up and privatised. However, the biggest opposition to such a plan is political not economic with 85,000 employees.
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Beyond Keynesianism And Monetarism

Monopoly 

  • Monopolies produce less at higher prices and will not maximise the community's welfare.
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