The revised Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics road construction and maintenance price index (RCMPI) is designed to allow the Australian road industry to monitor price movements of inputs to road construction and maintenance.

• BTCE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index
  
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The index measures movements in prices of inputs used in roadworks including materials, equipment, fuel and labour. For details of how the index was constructed, see BTCE, Road Construction Price Index, Information Paper 41, AGPS 1997.

• Road Construction Maintenance Price Index
  
  
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This paper provides a consistent series of road expenditure data by Commonwealth, State and local government over the 10 years 1970–71 to 1979–80. It does not include data on road expenditure by the private sector (e.g. residential development, mining and other infrastructure development) which was estimated at about $50 million in 1979.

• Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80
  
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This Paper provides an update of the data on road expenditure and State road revenue in Australia contained in BTE Information Paper 3, 'Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80'. It contains statistics on expenditure by the three levels of government (Commonwealth, State and Local Government) for 1980–81 and 1981–82 as well as revisions of some data for earlier years. State government road revenue for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is also included.

• Australian Road Financing Statistics 1972–73 to 1981–82
  
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This Paper provides an update of the data on the road expenditure of the three levels of government in Australia, plus State road revenue, originally contained in BTE Information Paper 3, Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80. These statistics were updated to 1981–82 in Information Paper 11. This Paper contains updated information to 1982–83 as well as revisions of some data for earlier years.

• Australian Road Financing Statistics 1973–74 to 1982–83
  
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The Paper presents statistics on road expenditure by State and Territory, by level of government, by year and by Commonwealth road funding category. A consistent series of road expenditure statistics and information on State road revenue was first presented in BTE Information Paper 3, Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80. The statistics were updated in BTE Information Paper 11 and BTE Information Paper 14. This Paper provides statistics for 1983–84 and earlier years. Some of the statistics for earlier years have been revised.

• Australian Road Financing Statistics 1974–75 to 1983–84
  
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The Paper presents statistics on road expenditure by State and Territory, by level of government, by year and by Commonwealth road funding category. A consistent series of road expenditure statistics and information on State road revenue was first presented in BTE Information Paper 3, Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80. The statistics were updated in BTE Information Paper 11 and more recently in BTE Information Paper 14. This Paper provides statistics for 1984–85 and earlier years. Some of the statistics for earlier years have been revised.

• Australian Road Financing Statistics 1975–76 to 1984–85
  
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This Information Paper details government funding of road related expenditure, by State and Commonwealth governments, as well as motor vehicle revenue for the period 1995 to 1996.

• Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia
  
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The total amount of road-related expenditure by the Commonwealth, state, territory and local governments in 1996–97 was $6.2 billion. Revenue collected by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments from a selection of motor vehicle taxes and charges in 1996–97 was $13.9 billion.

• Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia 1998
  
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The total amount of road-related expenditure by the Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments in 2001–02 was $7.6 billion. Between 1998–99 and 2001–02 road-related expenditure increased by an average of $99.4 million per year. Over this period Commonwealth and State government road-related expenditure increased while Local government road-related expenditure decreased.

• Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia (2004 update)
  
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