An Investigation of cost recovery arrangements for interstate land transport / Inter-state Commission report, April 1986

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AN INVESTIGATION OF COST RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERSTATE LAND TRANSPORT Inter-State Commission Report April 1986 1
AN INVESTIGATION OF COST RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERSTATE LAND TRANSPORT INTER-STATE COMMISSION APRIL 1986 3
CONTENTS 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 18
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 19
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTORY AND FORMAL MATTERS 45
CHAPTER 2 ANALYSIS OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE 51
CHAPTER 3 INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION 63
CHAPTER 4 MONITORING DEVICES: TECHNICAL FEATURES AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 85
CHAPTER 5 THE INTERSTATE ROAD AND RAIL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER INDUSTRIES 97
CHAPTER 6 THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROAD FUNDING 123
CHAPTER 7 RELEVANT ROAD AND RAIL COSTS 145
CHAPTER 8 TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ROAD USAGE AND DETERIORATION 161
CHAPTER 9 ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES 175
CHAPTER 10 CURRENT ROAD COST RECOVERY POLICIES IN AUSTRALIA 203
CHAPTER 11 CURRENT ROAD COST RECOVERY POLICIES OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA 243
CHAPTER 12 PREVIOUS AUSTRALIAN ROAD COST RECOVERY STUDIES 271
CHAPTER 13 PREVIOUS RAIL COST RECOVERY STUDIES 333
CHAPTER 14 THE LEVEL OF COST RECOVERY FOR ROAD AND RAIL INTERSTATE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES 347
ANNEXE TO CHAPTER 14 AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERSTATE RAIL COST RECOVERY 381
CHAPTER 15 RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF REGISTRATION CHARGES FOR 1986-87 AND ASSOCIATED RECOMMENDATIONS 391
APPENDIX I NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION 417
APPENDIX II WITNESSES APPEARING AT PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION 419
APPENDIX III REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATING IN INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS 423
APPENDIX IV PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE NATIONAL ROAD FREIGHT INDUSTRY INQUIRY AS THEY RELATE TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE INTER-STATE COMMISSION 425
APPENDIX V INVOLVEMENT OF THE TERRITORIES IN THE COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION 431
APPENDIX VI THE INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1985 435
APPENDIX VII THE INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE ACT 1985 473
APPENDIX VIII RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM THE OPINION OF PROFESSOR LESLIE ZINES 477
APPENDIX IX RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM THE OPINION OF PROFESSOR COLIN HOWARD 487
APPENDIX X CALCULATION OF EQUIVALENT STANDARD AXLE LOADS FOR HEAVY VEHICLES 491
APPENDIX XI INTER-STATE COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROAD STATISTICS 497
APPENDIX XII REGISTRATION CHARGES LEVIED BY AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES 503
APPENDIX XIII: FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT COST RECOVERY POLICIES OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA 515
APPENDIX XIV INTER-STATE COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRE ON RAIL COST RECOVERY 531
APPENDIX XV ESTIMATION OF COSTS AND REVENUES FOR ROAD FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES 541
APPENDIX XVI THE NATIONAL ROAD FREIGHT INDUSTRY INQUIRY: ADVICE ON CRITICISM BY THE STATE RAIL AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 563
APPENDIX XVII THE OPINION OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR COPER 569
GLOSSARY 585
ABBREVIATIONS 591

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