Once again, Coalition caves into pharmacy rent-seekers

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

You would be hard pressed to find a bigger racket than Australian pharmacies.

How many any other industries in Australia have had laws implemented that ban new entrants from opening within 1.5 kilometers of an existing business?

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.