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June 17, 2020November 23, 2020Gas and electricty

Independent expert determinations of compensation for AEMO

AEMO appointed Sam Lovick from Sam Lovick Consulting as the independent expert to determine compensation for Package 2 of additional compensation claims […]

April 22, 2020November 23, 2020COVID-19

COVID-19. Where to from here?

In a recent article published in the Financial Review, Sam Lovick reviews whether the costs and benefits of Australia’s current approach to the […]

April 16, 2020November 23, 2020COVID-19

A managed spread of COVID-19 may be best

In a recent article published in the Financial Review, Sam Lovick reviews whether the costs and benefits of Australia’s current approach to […]

April 12, 2020November 23, 2020COVID-19

Lowering the cost of COVID-19 pandemic interventions

In a recent article published in the Financial Review, Sam Lovick estimates how much Australia is likely to spend for each life […]

January 24, 2020November 23, 2020Pandemic influenza

Early intervention in an influenza pandemic with a pre-pandemic vaccine

Sam Lovick Consulting presented the following at the 7th International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics in December 2019. It addresses the health […]

February 9, 2018November 23, 2020Programming and and analysis

Bayesian probability and real life decision making

A nice article on Bayesian approaches to decision making in the face of risk, including whether to get a flu jab. It […]

February 8, 2018November 23, 2020Influenza

Enhanced influenza vaccine

I mentioned in my article on influenza vaccine that there are enhanced influenza vaccines. The BBC is reporting that one such example, […]

February 8, 2018November 23, 2020Opinion

Replace all politicians with everyday citizens….

Luca Belgiorno-Nettis is the founder and a director of the newDemocracy Foundation argues entertainingly in today’s Financial Review that we should abandon […]

January 20, 2018November 23, 2020Telecommunications and broadband

Why are we buying entry level broadband packages from NBN?

Continuing with my broadband theme, Mitch Fifield, Communications Minister, wrote a comment piece in the Age last Thursday, 18th January “Affordable broadband […]

January 12, 2018November 23, 2020Telecommunications and broadband

Smaller scale broadband is better than a national monopoly

Motherboard is reporting on a Harvard paper that examines the price of broadband services in the US from the large players (referenced […]

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