Productivity Commission recommends open market
As reported in a WBN special bulletin yesterday, the Productivity Commission's final report on Australia's book parallel importation laws has been released, recommending the government repeal Australia's parallel import restrictions...
The Australian Society of Authors responds to the final Productivity Commission report
The Australian Society of Authors writes: 'The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) rejects the findings of the Productivity Commission on the Parallel Importation Restrictions of Books into Australia. '"If these...
The Coalition for Cheaper Books responds to the final Productivity Commission report
The Coalition For Cheaper Books writes:'The Coalition for Cheaper Books welcomes the Productivity Commission's report and its findings that parallel importation restrictions on books should be abolished.'Consumers have told us...
Garth Nix on the final Productivity Commission report
Garth Nix writes:'As expected, the Productivity Commission has submitted a report driven by dry economic rigidity, a complete lack of common sense and almost no real understanding of how the...
Productivity Commission final report released
The final report on Australia's book parallel importation laws by the Productivity Commission has been released. It's key recommendations are: 1. The Government should repeal Australia's Parallel Import Restrictions (PIRs)...
Final Productivity Commission report released
The final report on Australia's book parallel importation laws by the Productivity Commission has been released. It's key recommendations are: 1. The Government should repeal Australia's Parallel Import Restrictions (PIRs)...
Quote of the week
‘Australia's book industry is waiting anxiously for the release of a Productivity Commission report ... which could change the face of book retailing'--Kerry O'Brien, presenting a report on the parallel...
Productivity Commission hands final parallel importation report to government
The Productivity's Commission's final report on Australia's book parallel importation laws was delivered to recently appointed assistant treasurer Nick Sherry yesterday. A Commission spokesperson told WBN the report would be...
Pricing war of words continues as Productivity Commission deadline approaches
While the Productivity Commission is in the final stages of preparing its report on Australia's parallel importation laws, due to be delivered to government on 30 June, the battle of the press...
In brief
Brisbane Writers' Festival ‘Word Play' kids' program launchedThe Brisbane Writers' Festival program for young readers, writers and illustrators ‘Word Play' has been announced. This year, 10,000 places are available for...
States and territories oppose changes to parallel importation laws
Premiers and chief ministers from Australia's states and territories have announced their opposition to 'significant changes' to Australia's parallel importation laws at a meeting of the Council for the Australian...
Coalition for Cheaper Books: list demonstrates ‘ludicrous impact’ of PIRs
The Coalition for Cheaper Books, which includes the Dymocks bookselling chain, has released a price comparison of a number of books by authors who appeared at the recent Sydney Writers'...
Quote of the week
‘Book-dumping--i.e. of remainders--is only a marginal risk. Kinokuniya's buyers have agreed not to knowingly purchase Australian author's books as remainders from overseas remainder merchants. Kinokuniya does this out of respect...
Opinion: Steve Jones on parallel importation and territorial copyright
Steve Jones of Kinokuniya writes: ‘An open book market in Australia does not mean the destruction of ANZ as a territory--it means the Australian Government doesn't regulate the industry. Publishers...
How much I import and why: a bookseller explains
Writing about how the Productivity Commission could ‘usefully spend its additional time' in studying parallel importation legislation in Australia, former John Wiley & Sons managing director Peter Donoughue posed the...
Productivity Commission parallel importation report to government: deadline extended to 30 June, media coverage continues
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, the Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen has announced an extended deadline of 30 June for the Productivity Commission's report to government on parallel...
Productivity Commission parallel importation final report deadline extended to 30 June
The Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen has agreed toÿextend the deadline for the Productivity Commission's final reportÿon parallel importation to 30 June.The final report into the Parallel Importation of Books into...
Productivity Commission parallel importation report deadline extended to 30 June
The Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen has agreed to extend the deadline for the Productivity Commission's final report on parallel importation to 30 June.The final report into the Parallel Importation of Books into...
In brief
Parallel importation debate continuesMainstream media coverage of the debate surrounding the Productivity Commission's study of parallel importation continued this week, with an op ed piece from Dymocks board member Bob...
Parallel importation: media coverage, 278 submissions posted by Productivity Commission
The 278 submissions so far posted on the Productivity Commission's website in response to its draft recommendations on Australia's parallel importation laws outnumber the 272 submissions originally received by the...