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Negative consequences of
Priority areas Challenges currently faced challenges
1. Economic framework for efficient (i) Inefficient market signals (ia) 'Poor modal choices'
transportation marketplace

(ib) Externalities 'not properly costed'

(ii) Stagnating transport productivity (iia) Higher tansport costs
(iib) reduced investment
attractiveness
(iii) Inadequate governance of governent (iiia) Confused enterprise objectives
trading transport enterprises
(iiib) 'Poor public transport outcomes'

(iv) COAG Road reform agenda 'does not (iva) Sub optimal economic decision
fully reflect Porductivity Commission making
(2006) report.
(ivb) Potential cross subsidisaton
across tranport modes
(v) Inadequate governance arrangements
(i) No real linkages to a national policy
framework in AusLink initiatives.

2. Infrastructure Planning and

Investment
(ii) AusLink does not adress urban
transport, public transport
(ii) No current measures to optimise 'the
safe use of existing infrastructure (e.g.
'last mile' investments)
(iv) Lack of alignment of Commonwealth, (iva) 'Poor outcomes e.g. airport
State or local government infrastructure planning laws, delays related to
investment proposals approval processes,.
(v) 'No agreed pipeline for investments (v) Lack of certainty as to what will be
for significant projects' built, when and source of funding'.

3. Capacity Constraints and Supply (i) Expensive to build new infrastructure equal emphasis should be placed on
Chain performance better use of existing assets.'

(ii) How to most efficiently meet

'increasing public transport demand
driven by population growth and fuel
prices'.
(iii) 'Failure to coordinate investment
across the supply chain and anticipate
forecast demand'
(iv) Freight bottlenecks (iva) 'Constrain capacity
(ivb) 'drive up export costs'.
4. Urban congestion (i) 'if not addressed [urban
(i) 'Australia has no coordinated action congestion] will cost $20.4 billion a
plan to adress growing urban congestion' year by 2020.'

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Priority areas
5. Environment and Energy
6. Safety and Security
7. Strategic Research and
Technology
8. Workforce Planning and Skills
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(ii) Lack of adequate price signals to
manage demand. Some taxes and
subsidies create incentives thyat
increase car use (NTC 2008 p. 4)
(iii) Substantial increase in Light
commercial vehicle use caused by Just-
in-time distribution.
(iv) National population growth forecast
to continue to be concentrated in capital
cities where 65% of population already
lives.
(v) Urban transport tasks dominated by
private road vehicles (va) Increased congestion
(vb) environmental damage
(vc) Accidents and negative health
impacts
Negative consequences of
Challenges currently faced challenges
(i) Transport sector is one of largest
generators of greenhouse gas emissions
in Australia (NTC 2008 p. 4)
(ii) Transport greenhouse gas emissions
'continue to grow 2% annually' (NTC
2008 p. 4)
(iii) 'Increasing reliance on imported oil' (iiia) 'expected to have a significant
(NTC 2008 p. 4) impact on balance of trade' (NTC
2008 p. 4)
(iv) No substantive plans to make better (iva) Continunig reliance on fossil fuel
use of alternative fuels' (NTC 2008 p. 4) supplies: pressure on balance of
trade + costs increases and potential
loss of inernational trade advantages.
(i) 'The transport and logistics sector is
Australia's most hazardous workplace'
(NTC 2008 p. 5).
(ii) Safety cost to the community is $17
billion per year' (NTC 2008 p. 5).
(iii) 'Reforms poorly aligned with
infrastructure programs' (NTC 2008 p. 5).
(iv) Evidence of wage payment methods
leading to dangerous safety outcomes'
(NTC 2008 p. 5).
(v) Transportation is the most common
target of terrorists' (NTC 2008 p. 5).
(i) Current research inadequacies include
that it is 'largely modal fcused, technical
and unco-ordinated' (NTC 2008 p. 5).
(ii) Research 'lacks a strategic national (iia) Transport policy making is
focus' constrained (NTC 2008 p. 5).
(iii) Poor coordination between existing (iii) Waste and duplication' (NTC
research bodies 2008 p. 5).
(i) Australia's transport sector has an There will be a shortfall of 10,000
ageing workforce and an acute skills transport workers in 5 years if no
shortage' (NTC 2008 p. 5). immediate action is taken' (NTC 2008
p. 5).
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(ii) Low involvement (of transport sector
workforce) in higher education.
(iii) 'Poor workplace conditions' (NTC
2008 p. 5).
(ii) '(Negative) impacts on the
industry's long-term capability' (NTC
2008 p. 5).
(iii) Lower productivity; reduced
attractvieness as a career; possible
increase in inhury and accident rates

9. Social inclusion
(i) Decades of urban sprawl have left
large areas poorly serviced' (NTC 2008
p.6).
(ia) 'Unemployment and social
disadvantage tends to be higher in
poorly serviced areas' (NTC 2008
p.6).
(ib) 'Many Australians cannot access
employment, education, health and
other services' (NTC 2008 p. 6).

Priority areas Challenges currently faced
10. Governance (i) 'Inconsistent national reform
implementation and lack of incentives to
comply' (NTC 2008 p.6).
Negative consequences of
challenges
Stronger inter-governmental
mechanisms for a 'New Model of Co-
operation' between Commonwealth,
State./ Territory and local
governments are needed' (NTC 2008
p.6]).

(ii) 'Poor accountabilities and failures to (Iii) 'Patch-protection and

co-ordinate policy formulation in the bureaucratic processes are blocking
national interest' (NTC 2008 p.6). meaningful transport reform' (NTC
2008 p.6).
(iii) Government structures have grown
over time and have not been rationalised'
(NTC 2008 p. 6).
Source:
National Transport Commission (2008). National Transport Policy Framework: a New Beginning Volume 1. Advice to
the Commonwealth Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, National
Transport Commission, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Desired outcomes from pp. 14-15

1. Economic framework for efficient transportation marketplace

2. Infrastructure Planning and Investment
3. Capacity Constraints and Supply Chain performance
4. Urban congestion
5. Environment and Energy
6. Safety and Security
7. Strategic Research and Technology
8. Workforce Planning and Skills
9. Social inclusion
10. Governance

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Priority areas Desired Outcomes

1. Economic framework for
efficient transportation
marketplace

2. Infrastructure Planning
and Investment

3. Capacity Constraints
and Supply Chain
performance

4. Urban congestion

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Priority areas
5. Environment and Energy

6. Safety and Security

7. Strategic Research and

Technology

8. Workforce Planning and Skills

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9. Social inclusion

Priority areas
10. Governance

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