Inquiry into infrastructure
Report
On 7 December 1987, the House Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure tabled its report on the inquiry into infrastructure entitled Constructing and restructuring Australia's public infrastructure
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 9 chapters and 9 appendices.
Constructing and restructuring Australia's public infrastructure
Part A: Preliminary pages up to Chapter 6 (PDF 4283KB)
Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, Foreword, Contents, List of Main Conclusions and List of Recommendations
Ch1: Introduction
Ch2: The age and adequacy of our infrastructure
Ch3: Infrastructure and structural change
Ch4: Demographic and technological change
Ch5: The role of the public sector
Ch6: Taxing, borrowing and saving
Part B: Chapter 7 to Appendix 9 (end) (PDF 5246KB)
Ch7: Improving efficiency
Ch8: Institutions and national priorities
Ch9: Sectoral trends and issues
Appendix 1: Conduct of the inquiry
Appendix 2: List of submissions
Appendix 3: List of exhibits
Appendix 4: List of witnesses
Appendix 5: The macroeconomic effects of public investment
Appendix 6: The ageing of the infrastructure: Launceston water supply and sewerage system
Appendix 7: The South Australian asset replacement studies
Appendix 8: Premature ageing of the infrastructure: concrete deterioration
Appendix 9: Pricing and efficiency: the Hunter District Water Board
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