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Freight Transport to North West Australia, 1975–1990

The rapid development of mining in the Pilbara region of north west Australia has already increased the transport task in the region and is expected to increase it much more. In the past, there has been little land tran…

Release date: 2 January 1973

Review of Public Transport Investment Proposals for Australian Capital Cities, 1973–74

This is the second Report by the BTE on capital investment in urban public transport, the previous Report having been produced in June 1972.Review of Public Transport Investment Proposals for Australian Capital Cities, …

Release date: 2 January 1973

An Assessment of Tasmania's Interstate Transport Problems

This study attempts a quantitative assessment of Tasmania's transport disabilities relative to the other States and covers interstate shipping to Tasmania, together with closely related topics such as Tasmanian port ope…

Release date: 2 October 1972

Economic Evaluation of Timber and Concrete Sleepers for Three Railway Lines

The evaluations presented in this Report have been made to determine the least cost sleeper alternative for each of three railway projects. They are the proposed new railway line from Tarcoola to Alice Springs, the stan…

Release date: 2 October 1972

Perth Fremantle Corridor Study

This Report presents the evaluations of alternative public transport improvements in the urban corridor between Perth and Fremantle. The alternatives considered are a continuation of existing services, electrification o…

Release date: 2 October 1972

Economic Evaluation of Capital Investment in Urban Public Transport

This Report was prepared as the basis for the Standing Committee of Advisers report to the Australian Transport Advisory Council on urban public transport needs in this decade.Economic Evaluation of Capital Investment i…

Release date: 2 June 1972

Transport and Handling of Australia's Wool Production

The general approach in this Report is to concentrate on the costs directly borne by wool at the various stages of ownership from grower to mill. However, these costs are reflected in income accruing to others and the c…

Release date: 2 December 1971

Economic Evaluation of a Canberra to Yass Rail Link

Subsequent growth in Canberra, particularly in the post-war period, and projections suggesting continued rapid growth, prompted the Minister for Shipping and Transport in 1964 to request from the Commonwealth Railways C…

Release date: 2 January 1971

2025 Yearbook

Additional Maritime information can be found in the current Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics Yearbook 2025. Link is here.

Airline On Time Performance, 2025 Calendar Year

Current and previous Annual ReportsMonthly Reports and time series dataSummary – 2025 Calendar YearFor the year ended December 2025, on time performance (OTP) over all routes operated by participating airlines (Hinterla…

Airline on-time performance statistics—Monthly

Monthly Reports and time series dataAnnual reports - financial and calendar yearsSummary—May 2026For May 2026, on time performance over all routes operated by participating airlines (Hinterland, Jetstar, Qantas, QantasL…

Airline on-time performance—2025 calendar year

Current and previous Annual ReportsMonthly Reports and time series dataSummary – 2025 Calendar YearFor the year ended December 2025, on time performance (OTP) over all routes operated by participating airlines (Hinterla…

Australia’s fixed-broadband performance

Test headingBold text with a link to home.Bullet oneBullet twoFixed broadband plays a vital role in connecting Australians, and significant public investment has been made to develop fixed broadband infrastructure with …

Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics Yearbook 2023 and Shipping chapter

This chapter provides information on Australian ships, cargo, ports and fleet including mileage, tonnage and number of vessels.

Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics Yearbook 2023 and Rail chapter

This chapter provides information on rail lengths, rail interstate non-bulk freight, public transit patronage on rail and rail related expenditure.

Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics Yearbook 2023 and Freight chapter

This chapter focuses on Freight and explores the amount of goods moved in the Australian economy.