Premium
BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TRADE PRACTICES COMMISSION: THE ROLE OF PROFESSOR ROBERT BAXT, AO
Author(s) -
Corones Stephen,
Merrett David,
Round David
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2009.00253.x
Subject(s) - commission , context (archaeology) , politics , political science , public relations , public administration , management , law and economics , sociology , business , law , economics , history , archaeology
Bob Baxt, the third chairman of the Trade Practices Commission, served for a single three‐year term from 1988 to 1991. He followed Bob McComas, who had deliberately adopted a non‐litigious approach to preserving the competitive process. Baxt was far more proactive and sought to push the frontiers of investigation and precedent, and perhaps, more significantly, to influence opinion about the need to expand the coverage of the Trade Practices Act. This article examines Baxt's role in teaching his interdisciplinary Trade Practices Workshops, the political context of his tenure, and his handling of the Queensland Wire case.