Monitors prices, costs and profits in order to assess the general impact of the carbon tax scheme in Australia. Executive summary Pursuant to section 95ZE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA), the Minister gave the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) a Direction to undertake formal monitoring of the prices, costs and profits...

This report recommends a change to the way consumers pay for the network that carries electricity from generators to homes, so that it better reflects the cost of running the network. Overview Australians are paying too much for power. In the five years to 2013, the average household power bill rose 70 per cent: from...

Summary: This publication was released on 29 April 2014 and in this edition the Commission analyses the latest ABS productivity statistics and comments on new developments underlying Australia's recent productivity performance. Features in this edition are: 2013 Australian productivity the effect of price on productivity insights from recent productivity research — Productivity in Manufacturing. Future...

With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is undermining their businesses and they want it wound back. The federal government agrees, so who is to blame for the high price of power? Jess Hill investigates.

Agricultural commodity statistics provides a comprehensive compilation of data on the Australian economy and the agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries. Agricultural commodity statistics presents current and historical data. Some historical series extend more than 40 years. To ensure the most relevant package of statistics is provided, the tables are scrutinised each year, with some changes...