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Author Australia. Inter-State Commission (1984-1990)

Title An investigation of the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme / Inter-State Commission
Published Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1985

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 W'PONDS  381.4131109 Aus  1  AVAILABLE
Description 2 volumes ; 25 cm
Contents 2. Shipment of wheat to Tasmania
Summary The report reviews the freight equalisation scheme. Contents : Interpretation of the terms of references. Economic efficiency and equity. Tasmania's transport disadvantages. Historical perceptions of Tasmania's shipping disadvantages and analogous examples of assistance. The origins of the Tasmanian freight equalisation scheme. Development of the scheme. Payments made under the scheme and data relating to the major recipients. Present and proposed shipping services between Tasmania and the mainland states. Bass Strait shipping : an overview. Air freight. Criticisms of the scheme. Investigations of alternatives to the existing scheme. Recommended Federal Government direction and conditions for the administration of the Tasmanian Freight Compensation Scheme. A Tasmanian association for interstate shippers. Findings and conditions in respect of special individual matters. Centralisation. Intermodal competition and transport policy. Subsidies. Sea freight transport. Freight costs. Shipping
Notes "March 1985'
AGPS cat. no. 8500653
Australian Government Publishing Service cat. no. 8500665
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme
Freight and freightage -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Freight and freightage -- Economic aspects -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Shipping bounties and subsidies -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Wheat trade -- Australia.
Wheat -- Transportation -- Australia -- Tasmania.
ISBN 0644038721 (set)
064403873X (v. 1)
0644038748 (v. 2)
Other Titles Shipment of wheat to Tasmania
Shipment of wheat to Tasmania