Are royalties just RENT CONTROL for mineral and energy resources?

And are there ways to more commercially price our resources?

My colleague Tim Helm and I have a new report out for Prosper Australia on how to more commercially price our collectively-held rights to our mineral and energy resources.

Grab your copy below. Go on. I’ll wait.

Rent Controlled Resources Report

6.27MB ∙ PDF file

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Why are we under-charging Australia's mining tenants and how can we use royalties to more commercially price the nation's resources?

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I hope the report is clear enough. Below is a more condensed working paper version.

Variable Royalties Working Paper

7.67MB ∙ PDF file

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Here I want to explain the details a little more.

The basic …