19 February 2008
Building national transport
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The Prime Minister calls it planning for productivity -- a shake-up of our national infrastructure. Under review -- transport, communications, water and electricity services. An advisory body called Infrastructure Australia will be set up this month to carry out a national audit and make recommendations on ways to make these services more efficient, better coordinated and cost effective. One of the body's particular jobs is to look at public-private partnerships already operating in several states. The plan is to develop a national, uniform system to try to encourage $60 billion worth of investment over the next decade. But how do these schemes operate, and who benefits?
Guests
John Quiggin
Research Fellow, Economics and Political Science, University of Queensland
Jago Dodson
Research fellow, Urban Research Program, Griffith University
Bill Russell
Co-director, Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport, Melbourne University
Ben Fargher
Chief Executive Officer, National Farmers Federation
Further Information
Victorian public private partnerships
Federal Government: Parliamentary Library
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Debra McCoy
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