Opinion

Monopoly airports drive up costs for regional Australians

By John Sharp
Updated October 17 2019 - 6:09am, first published 12:00am

Much has been said in recent months about the problem with Australia's privatised monopoly airports. And yes, before astute readers point it out, in my former career as a federal transport minister, I was the one responsible for that privatisation. It was never envisaged, however, that the airports would simply be left - unconstrained by either competition or regulation - to behave and charge as they like.

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