Charging for admission: a lawyer’s guide to access pricing under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act

Brenda Marshall, University of Queensland
Rachael Mulheron

Abstract

This article is concerned with the regime in Australia for facilitating third party access to nationally significant infrastructure services provided by Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act. Some issues discussed include determining the price at which access will be offered, the economic principles used to evaluate a range of pricing models, and that selection of a particular pricing mechanism will reflect choices across a wide spectrum of policy issues.