Frontier News
- UK Competition Commission to remove regulations on electrical goods retail01.02.2012.
- Comprehensive report on the impact of climate change launched26.01.2012.
- Better accounting for infrastructure interdependency could contribute to growth 25.01.2012.
- Financial services watchdog to protect ‘irrational’ customers in UK25.01.2012.
- Frontier ranks first in Europe to work for20.01.2012.
- Mobile shopping on the rise19.01.2012.
- Frontier discussion event on future of retail banking10.01.2012.
- Competition Commission sets out future destination for bus market20.12.2011.
- Australian Competition Commission lifts exemptions on wholesale voice services19.12.2011.
- Frontier reports on ‘fair and reasonable’ solar feed-in tariffs 19.12.2011.
ACCC objects to Australia Post’s proposed price increase
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today issued its view objecting to Australia Post's draft proposal to increase the prices of the letter services over which it has a statutory monopoly. The three-year pricing proposal included an increase in the basic postage rate by 5c to 60c. The ACCC’s review of the proposal highlighted concerns with Australia Post’s demand and input cost forecasts. The demand forecasts were not transparently derived and were not therefore amenable to a critical review. Input costs were forecast to rise even though volumes were projected to fall, and this discrepancy was not adequately explained by Australia Post.Frontier (Australia) was engaged by the ACCC to critically assess Australia Post’s demand and cost input forecasts used in its notification. Frontier’s report is available here.
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