BITRE undertook this study at the request of the Australian Maritime Group (AMG) a senior officer advisory committee with representatives from state governments and the Commonwealth Government. The aim of the study is to provide a better understanding of the productivity and competitiveness of Australia's container ports.

Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2007–08.

This information paper presents and explores new statistical information relating to household wealth at a small area scale. The paper also explores the relationship between wealth and income for Australia's cities and regions.

• Household Wealth–Information Paper
  
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• Household wealth
  
  
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• Staff paper–economic wellbeing of Australia's regions
  
  
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• Mapping wealth in cities
  
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Results for 2006–07 are reported against a set of 11 railway indicators. These are in three groups: three train indicators, four track indicators and four market indicators.

• Australian intercapital rail freight performance indicators 2006–07
  
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Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2006–07.

Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2005–06.

In 2002, the ATC approved a set of 6 targets and indicators to measure performance improvements of the interstate rail track over time. Early reports against the indicators were derived entirely from track managers' (below rail) datasets. An ARA survey of train operators (above rail) reporting on key performance indicators showed that results from track managers' datasets were, for some indicators, inconsistent with results based on rail operators' data. There are distinct reporting methodologies between above and below rail.

Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2004–05.

This paper analyses train sightings data collected at Gheringhap, Victoria, located on the Melbourne to Adelaide main line. These sightings provide an independent source of information on train movements, train lengths, and reliability, and, given knowledge of freight volumes, can be used to estimate average wagon loads. In cases where trains are not scheduled, sightings such as these are presently the only publicly available source of data for freight volumes on specific routes.

Following the growth in private train operations since the mid-1990s and the privatisation of National Rail in 2002, rail freight activity data became increasingly scarce. The lack of data can be a challenge for the BTRE in providing the government with timely and accurate information about trends in Australian freight transport. The rail industry has recognised this deficiency: the Australasian Railway Association and its members are working with the BTRE to produce the first public report on the performance of the Defined Interstate Rail Network and to supply data for AusLink planning.

In the meantime, the BTRE has investigated other potential data sources, including information from railway enthusiasts. This paper presents an analysis of one such source of rail data that is reported online, from video-taped observations made and collated by Graham Elliott at Gheringhap Loop, Victoria, on the mainline between Adelaide and Melbourne. The paper provides a short review of the reliability of the data, makes observations about trends in freight activity from the data set, and draws some conclusions about the value of the data collection method.

• Filling a gap in rail data: an investigation of the Gheringhap Loop train sightings
  
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Statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, information on port activity, fleet structure and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2003–04.