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Smarter public transport pricing (Part 1)
I spend a lot of my time at work thinking about the right price to charge customers for our products. Setting a price doesn’t sound particularly difficult; it’s just a number. However it is actually...
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Smarter public transport pricing (Part 2)
In Part 1, I started asking about the best way to set prices for public transport. Various models exist around the world, ranging from charging absolutely nothing, through to charging the full cost...
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Smarter public transport pricing (Part 3)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this post, I have argued that public transport operators have an obligation to maximise their revenue. This does not mean simply raising prices – it means segmenting the market...
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Coles: deep pockets and short memories
Richard Goyder, CEO of Wesfarmers, this week proudly announced yet another stellar sales result from Coles supermarkets. Gone is the “nice guy” rhetoric used diffuse the claims that our duopoly...
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Retailers behaving badly
This week seems to have a monumental week for retailer stupidity. First we had Bernie Brooks, CEO of Myer, complaining that an extra few cents a day from each Australian to fund a National Disability...
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FTTH v. FTTN+PPL = WTF?
I wonder if the 24-hour news cycle is responsible for reducing public issues down to simple acronyms. On election day, not only will we be voting for a political party, we will be voting for their...
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Good riddance to the Baby Bonus
Good riddance tonight to a ridiculous piece of middle-class welfare. Tonight, Treasurer Wayne Swan, announced an end to the Baby Bonus. The original government handout of $3,000 was introduced in...
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Toll road to ruin
Melbourne’s proposed East-West link road should not be built Even before the project is approved, the successful bidder to run Melbourne’s East-West link road may become the nation’s next toll road...
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Corporate chemotherapy
Companies in distress turn to management consultants for help. In Australia, management consulting is an $8 billion industry that employs over 35,000 people (Ibisworld, 2013). Within the corporate...
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Retailers are no friends of local manufacturers
There is a very real chance that food manufacturer Simplot will close two factories in Australia and source product from Thailand and New Zealand. This is not something that Simplot wants to do; it...
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World Cup and social conscience!
Congratulations to the Australian Socceroos on their World Cup qualification! I must wish them well now; retaining my enthusiasm beyond this point is impossible. It is unpalatable that this event...
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Big problems with big PPP
Public private partnerships (PPP) are not a new creation. It is reported that Queen Elizabeth I used a form of PPP, between the Crown and private naval syndicates, to invest heavily in her navy. This...
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Capital Gains Tax – encouraging short term thinking
Hard to believe – but I’m about to argue that a tax should be reduced! No, I my blog hasn’t been hijacked by a right-wing think-tank. I actually believe there’s one tax that badly designed, bad for...
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How to avoid paying tax
After declaring a “budget emergency” during the election, one of Treasurer Joe Hockey’s first announcements was to increase the debt ceiling to $500 billion. Then, he announced the scrapping of $2.4...
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Want local manufacturing – fix the retail sector
Reposted from No Fibs. Want local manufacturing? Fix the retailers. If car manufacturing in Australia was sick before the election, then it’s now in intensive care. Treasurer Joe Hockey has previously...
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Can Pope Francis stop Catholic casinos?
Originally posted on No Fibs – Can Pope Francis stop Catholic casinos in Australia?. Last week, Pope Francis set himself and the Catholic church an enormous challenge. His Apostolic Exhortation called...
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Killing for conservation
Originally posted at No Fibs. Shocking images, like the one above, are circulating again through social media. They are part of a grassroots campaign to draw attention to trophy hunting, the business...
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