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Australia was a pioneer in the development of PPPs in the late 1980s, pioneering the new generation of private tollroads, and breaking new ground in hospital and prisons management, case-mix funding in the hospitals sector, and the contracting of the nation's job network. In the late 1990s, it was no longer a centre of innovation, and only recently have the Australian state governments - which have the primary responsibility for public service delivery - begun to seriously explore private provision once again.
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Federal Government
| Privatisation of Prisons Update |
| Gareth Griffith and Tom Edwards, 2009 |
| NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service |
| This 'e-brief' updates the analysis offered by Lenny Roth in 'Privatisation of Prisons'. That paper presented a detailed account of the history and operation of private prisons, outlined the arguments for and against prison privatisation, and assessed the issue of accountability. This paper updates the context within which the prison reform debate in New South Wales is taking place, including state government plans to for wide-ranging prison reform in NSW and the response to these as well as recent research developments elsewhere in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. |
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| Estimation Bias in Public Infrastructure Projects (PDF) |
| Fitzgerald, John, 2008 |
| Masters Thesis in Public Infrastructure |
| A comparative analysis of approaches to risk allocation in Australian PPPs and traditional procurements. It draws on emerging data from a national benchmarking study of major projects which was set up in 2006. |
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| Performance of Public Private Partnerships and Traditional Procurement in Australia (PDF) |
| The Allen Consulting Group, 2007 |
| The Allen Consulting Group/Infrastructure Partnerships Australia |
| This report compares cost and delivery of public projects under a public-private partnership model with traditional (i.e. government) procurement models. PPPs are found to be the best route to deliver large, complex and expensive projects, offering substantial savings in both time and cost, and being less susceptible to optimism bias. |
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| Water That Works: Sustainable Water Management in the Commercial Sector |
| Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), 2007 |
| CEDA/Serco |
| This report was published in partnership by CEDA and Serco, and addresses the future of water management in Australia amidst a consensus that the need for innovative, sustainable water practices is increasingly urgent. It outlines the current policy context followed by case studies demonstrating practical examples of the challenges faced and overcome by the commercial sector. [A chapter from this report, 'Will Water Float: Competition and Private Provision in Urban Water Supply' was written by the Institute and can be downloaded from the Reports page on the Institute Publications section of the Rescource Centre.] |
| ISBN 0-85801-268-5 |
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| Developing and Managing Contracts (PDF) |
| Australian National Audit Office (ANAO). Best Practice Guide, 2007 |
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| ANAO's best Practice Guide updating and substitutinh the "Contract Management" Guide published in 2001. The document provides an overall guide through the different stages of contracting while highlighting the importance of minding key factors through the process such as: managing risk, relationships, resources, specifiying responsibilities, ethical behaviour and record keeping. |
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| Australian PPP Survey |
| Ernst & Young, 2005 |
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| Issues Facing the Australian PPP Market |
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| Funding Urban Public Infrastructure - Approaches Compared (PDF) |
| The Allen Consulting Group, 2003 |
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| A report for the Property Council of Australia that analyzes the challenge of funding infrastructure projects at the state and local level. A case is made for considering PPPs and PFPs as one of the viable solutions although some modifications are necessary in order to make this approach feasible. |
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| Privatisation: A Review of the Australian Experience (PDF) |
| Mead, M; Withers, G (Eds), 2002 |
| Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
| An overall review of the different views concerning the privatisation process in Australia, focussing on the general agreements on the issue. The provided hyperlink directs to the executive summary of the publication, the full work is available for purchase at CEDA's web page. |
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| The Use of Confidentiality Provisions in Commonwealth Contracts (PDF) |
| Australian National Audit Office. Report No. 38, 2000-01 , 2001 |
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| ANAO report on the use of confidentiality provision in contracts. Overall the report finds that governmental agencies deal weakly with such considerations due to the lack of a consolidated government wise guidance on the matter. |
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| Management of Contracted Business Support Processes (PDF) |
| Audit Report No.12, 1999 |
| Australian National Audit Office |
| A report that analyzes the effectiveness of the management of contracted business support processes in selected organisations with the objective of identifying and promoting better practices in related contract management. |
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| Is There a Future for Contracting in the Australian Public Sector? |
| Davis, Glyn; Wood, Terry, 1998 |
| Blackwell Publishers. Australian Journal of Public Administration 57 (4): 85-97 |
| A study that analyzes the shift of contracting from the periphery to the centre of public management in Australia. Overall the authors conclude that as time progresses, experience will make government more effective in maintaining the accountability of contracted functions and thus reducing the risks of moral hazard. |
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Queensland
List of Resources:
| Public Private Partnerships Guidance material: Overview (PDF) |
| Queensland Government State Development, 2002 |
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| A document stressing the importance of the guidance material as a tool designed for assisting in the task of implementing Queensland PPP Policy. The guidance provides useful insight though the rigorous analysis of the best available infrastructure delivery options though both the Public and Private Sector. |
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| Public Private Partnerships Guidance material: Policy (PDF) |
| Queensland Government State Development, 2002 |
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| Queensland's policy statement in which the importance of PPP projects in the development of infrastructure is stressed as well as the necessity of providing the public sector agencies with adequate guidance that allows the to extract the maximum value from such partnerships. |
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| Public Private Partnerships Guidance Material, Supporting Documents: Business Case Development |
| Queensland Government State Development, 2002 |
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| This PPP guideline provides information regarding the necessary elements required for constructing an effective and defensible Business Case. |
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New South Wales
List of Resources:
| Inquiry into Public Private Partnerships (PDF) |
| NSW Public Accounts Committee. Report no. 16/53 (159), 2006 |
| NSW Parliament |
| A report evaluating the overall PPP framework in New South Wales proposing some recommendations such as the need to redefine some guidance materials in order to include issues such as governance and public disclosures arrangements as well as to correct for deficiencies found in some PPP projects. |
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| Value for Money from NSW Correctional Centres (PDF) |
| Public Accounts Committee , 2005 |
| Legislative Assembly of New South Wales |
| The Public Accounts Committee compared the performance of two public correctional centres - Kempsey and Dillwynia - established under the threat of exposure to market-testing, with two broadly comparable public prisons managed under the traditional model, for the year 2004-05. One of its recommendations was that at least one private prison should be maintained in the state for benchmarking purposes and to encourage innovative management techniques. |
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| Private Provision of Public Infrastructure and Services (PDF) |
| Office of Financial Management Research & Information Paper, 2002 |
| New South Wales Treasury |
| A document containing the evolution of the PPP/PFP policies in New South Wales and Victoria, identifying the mayor changes and challenges of these initiatives. |
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| Working with Government: Guidelines for Privately Financed Projects |
| New South Wales Government, 2001 |
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| Contracting of Services in the NSW Public Sector: 1995 Survey Findings |
| CTC Research Team, Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney, 1996 |
| New South Wales Treasury |
| NSW Treasury Research and Information Paper, TRP 96-1 |
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| Infrastructure Management and Financing in New South Wales |
| NSW Public Accounts Committee, 1994 |
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| Report No. 80, Parliament of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Competitive Tendering and Contracting in the NSW Government Public Sector: The 1994 Survey Findings |
| Farago, S.; Domberger, S.; Li, E and Hall, C , 1994 |
| Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney |
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| Competitive Tendering and Contracting in NSW Government Trading Enterprises: A Survey |
| Farago, S. and Domberger, S., 1994 |
| Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney |
| Working Paper 02-94 |
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| Competitive Tendering and Contracting in the NSW Budget Sector: The 1993 Survey Findings |
| Domberger, S.;Farago, S; Li, E and Hall, C., 1993 |
| Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney |
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Victoria
List of Resources:
| Public Sector Comparator: Supplementary Technical Note (Web Page) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2003 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| A document detailing the information necessary for assisting public managers to construct a Public Sector Comparator, a tool that would help the agency determine whether or not value for money is obtained by choosing the private sector over the public for a specific project. The note contains a detailed example from which most of its recommendations are drawn from. |
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| Gateway Review Process: Background and Guidelines (Word) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2003 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| Document detailing the background of the Gateway Review Process, a project management/development framework with three underlying objectives: A) Reduced budget/time overruns and scope changes in the delivery of initiatives by departments; B) Improved alignment of initiatives with government strategic objectives and departmental corporate plans; C) Better assessment of portfolio initiatives across government. |
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| Partnerships Victoria Guidance Material: Contract Management Guide (PDF) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2003 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| A document supporting the Partnership Victoria policy framework for PPP projects, designed to help governmental managers achieve long term value for money outcomes. This guidance complements the three previous guidance documents set initially by the Partnership Victoria initiative. |
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| Partnerships Victoria Guidance Material: Overview (PDF) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2001 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| A document that sets out the Partnership Victoria initiative framework and underlines the key features of the detail guidance materials that would follow: the Practitioners' Guide, Risk Allocation and Contractual Issues and the Public Sector Comparator. |
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| Partnerships Victoria Guidance Material: Practitioner's Guide (PDF) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2001 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| A document for public sector managers and departments providing detail guidance of how to implement PPP projects, the guide covers the steps of identifying the project up though to contract management issues. |
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| Victoria's PPP policy (PDF) |
| Partnerships Victoria, 2000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance |
| Victoria's Government Initiative for fostering the development of public-private partnership with the objective of incrementing the provision of infrastructure and ancillary services. |
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Western Australia
List of Resources:
| Thematic Review of Custodial transport Services In Western Australia (PDF) |
| Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services, 2007 |
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| A report with recommendations on the delivery of transport services which includes an examination of the performance of both public and private providers. The report also includes contract management of Court Security, Court custody and police custody functions in the private sector. |
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| Maintaining the State Road Network (PDF) |
| Western Australian Auditor General, 2009 |
| Office of the Auditor General |
This report looks back on ten years of contracting road maintenance in WA. The expected results of this unprecedented step have not been realised. This report explains why: major capital projects are complex, demanding focus in the long term. It provides a series of lessons for the next round of contracts. |
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| The Australian Budgeting System: On the Cusp of Change |
| Robinson, Marc, 2003 |
| Queensland University of Technology |
| Paper presented at the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management Annual Conference Washington, DC. |
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| Partnerships for Growth (PDF) |
| Department of Treasury and Finance Government of Western Australia, 2002 |
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| Policies and Guidelines for Public Private Partnerships in Western Australia |
| ISBN 0 7307 4507 4 |
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| Contracting of Services in the Western Australian Public Sector: The 1995 Survey Findings |
| Domberger, S.; Hall, C. and Skinner, V., 1995 |
| Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney |
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| Contracting of Services in the Western Australian Public Sector |
| Farago, S.; Hall, C. and Domberger, S., 1994 |
| Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney |
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South Australia
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Local Government
List of Resources:
| Cultural Change: Competitive Tendering and Contracting in Local Government |
| Jensen, Paul and Fernandez, Patrick with Hall, Christine, 1995 |
| The Contracting Casebook: Competitive Tendering in Action, Simon Domberger and Christine Hall (eds), Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995, Chapter 8 |
| Case studies of three Australian councils which described the impact of competitive tendering on local services in Clare, Manly and Mosman. |
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| Aspects of Competitive Tendering and Contracting in Local Government Administration |
| Rimmer, Stephen , 1993 |
| PhD Thesis, University of New England, New South Wales |
| A study on the effect of contracting-out on the expenditures for five municipal services (refuse collection, sanitation, halls and civic centres, pools and beaches, roads and bridges) in 327 councils in New South Wales and Victoria. |
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| Bureau-Shaping and Contracting Out: The Case of Australian Local Government |
| Albin, S., 1992 |
| Public Policy Program Discussion Paper No.29, Australian National University, Canberra |
| Various Services from 58 local governments. |
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| Breach of Contract: Privatisation and the Management of Australian Local Government |
| Evatt Research Centre, 1990 |
| Pluto Press |
| A survey of all 831 Australian local governments on their experience of contracting.
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| Contracting Out in Australian Local Government |
| Rimmer, S., 1988 |
| University of Sydney |
| Competitve Tendering and Contracting Out: Towards a Policy Agenda, Graduate School of Management and Public Policy. |
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