A decade after port reform was initiated in Australia it is becoming clear that objectives of corporatisation are not being realised. For example, political intervention persists, which thwarts commercial benefits being realised. The chapter suggests that this is not a problem of political...

In 1997 the Australian government introduced reform measures aimed at improving the efficiency and cost effectiveneess of the Auistralian maritime sector. These measures are part of an ongoing reform programme initiated in the early 1980s; but despite concerted efforts by a succession of...

Australia port reform initiatives have taken on a variety of forms — from out-right sale and transfer of ownership, to the sale of particular assets of infrastructure or services, or to long-term lease arrangements; or in some cases state governments, unable to relinquish control, have opted...