Balance Research

SUBMISSIONS

PAPERS

SPEECHES

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CONFERENCE ON INTERMODAL FREIGHT SYDNEY 1999

SPEECH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CONFERENCES, 2000

CONFERENCE URBAN RAIL 2000, MELBOURNE
PAPER PREPARED FOR DELEGATES

RAIL COMPETITION AND ACCESS 2000, SYDNEY 2000
MEETING WITH RAIL EXECUTIVES, PAPER PRESENTED PRIVATELY

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SECTOR

WESTERN MELBOURNE TRANSPORT STRATEGY
SUBMISSION TO MARIBYRNONG CITY COUNCIL 2000

FOOTSCRAY STATION REDEVELOPMENT: MARIBYRNONG CITY COUNCIL
Submission on development of Footscray station into a multi-modal transport hub including tram, train, bicycle, car and bus modes.

SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE TO THE "PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION"

"Progress in Rail Reform" 1998/99

"Road and Rail Infrastructure Pricing" 2006

THE AUSTRALIAN GREENHOUSE OFFICE

SUBMISSION ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY STRATEGY FOR TRANSPORT

PANELS REVIEWING VICTORIA'S BULK CHEMICAL STORAGE INDUSTRY

Proposing use of rail transport, including intermodal, for chemicals

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COODE ISLAND REVIEW PANEL
Submission to Panel 1992
Submission to Safety Committee 1993
POINT WILSON CHEMICAL STORAGE TASKFORCE
Submission 1995

COODE ISLAND COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Letter proposing a policy of encouraging rail for chemicals

STATE GOVT (VICTORIA) EAST/WEST LINK NEEDS

SUBMISSION TO ASSESSMENT PANEL 2007
A major new highway is not an appropriate response.
"Four times the road traffic", even in the distant future is a notion that horrifies most people.

Expansion of the road network to cater for a doubling of demand then doubling again, is well understood to be unsustainable.

MELBOURNE CITY BYPASSES (NOW KNOWN AS CITY-LINK)

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SUBMISSION TO EIS PANEL 1997
Proposing more modest road connections.
Criticising proponents for inadequate assessment of rail alternatives.

METROPOLITAN ADELAIDE TRANSPORTATION STUDY

SUBMISSION TO MINISTER OF TRANSPORT 1968 [NOTES ONLY]

HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON ROAD FUNDING

SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEE 1997
Suggesting the the Federal Government should not be paying for "Interstate Highways" except where their traffic is predominantly moving between States.

ACCOMPANYING STATEMENT ON BALANCE RESEARCH PROPOSALS

HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON THE ROLE OF RAIL

SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEE
Rail's role is to limit the growth of road traffic.

SENATE ENQUIRY INTO GST TAX SYSTEM

SUBMISSION ON TAX ISSUES AS THEY AFFECT TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY

HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON INLAND TRUNK RAILWAY

SUBMISSION SUGGESTING GREATER LOCAL USE OF THE PROPOSED RAILWAY

SUBMISSIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, VICTORIA

DOCK-LINK ROAD: PROPOSED EXTENSION/UPGRADE
Submission proposing quicker rebuilding of Dock rail links instead.

CHALLENGE MELBOURNE (TOWN PLANNING SECTION OF DOI)
Seeking government recognition that rail must grow faster to contain road growth. "First person" view of aspiration for Melbourne in 2030.

EPA VICTORIA

SUBMISSION TO REVIEW OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
Putting rail transport on the agenda for our waste streams.

ST.KILDA LIGHT RAIL PROJECT, MELBOURNE

SUBMISSION TO ENQUIRY 1985 [NOTES ONLY]

ENQUIRY INTO FUTURE OF MET-TICKET SCHEME

SUBMISSION TO SECRETARIAT 1988 [NOTES ONLY]

EAST COAST ARMAMENTS COMPLEX

SUBMISSION TO EIS COMMITTEE 1996, proposing rail for explosives. [notes only]

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