This report presents the results of BTRE's ninth annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to (and including) 2004–05.

• BSPVES Monitoring Report 9
  
  mr_009.pdf
  (452.43 KB)

Back issues of About Australia's Regions from 2003–06

• About Australia's Regions 2006
  
  stats_002_ar06.pdf
  (561.94 KB)

• About Australia's Regions 2005
  
  stats_002_ar05.pdf
  (893.08 KB)

• About Australia's Regions 2004
  
  stats_002_ar04.pdf
  (351.06 KB)

• About Australia's Regions 2003
  
  stats_002_ar03.pdf
  (1.46 MB)

FUELtrac has been commissioned by AAA to collect petrol price data in each capital city and major regional centres around Australia.

• Petrol Prices

The Australian Sea Freight series presents statistics on the movement of Australian freight by sea, as well as information on port activity, fleet structure, and use of coastal permits. This edition focuses on sea freight activity around Australia during 2003–04.

• Australian Sea Freight 2003–2004
  
  ip_056.pdf
  (601.67 KB)

This issue contains two articles, one on the role of the new Maritime Security Identification Card system and the other on Australian International Shipping.

• Waterline No 40
  
  water_040.pdf
  (3.95 MB)

Previous issues of Avline have examined Australian domestic and regional aviation. The feature article in this issue focuses on the international sector of the Australian aviation industry which is currently operating at record levels–with more than 21 million passengers carried on flights to or from Australia during 2005.

• Avline No 8–June 2006
  
  avline_008.pdf
  (1.78 MB)

Australian Transport Statistics provides an easy introduction to a diverse range of transport statistics. Topics include employment, GDP, passenger and freight movements, trade, funding, motor vehicles, fatalities and estimated greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the transport industry. Various international comparisons are included and details provided for the road,rail, marine and aviation sectors. Data are gathered from various sources both within the Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics and external organisations.

• Australian Transport Statistics 2006
  
  stats_001-ATS2006.pdf
  (572.85 KB)

Paper given to the 29th Australian Transport Research Forum conference to be held from 27 to 29 September 2006 in Gold Coast. Authors: Krishna Hamal, Benjamin James, Mark Cregan.

• Port Level Forecasts of Container and Ship Movements in Australia: 2004–05 to 2024–25
  
  sp_002_Port_Forecasts.pdf
  (666.46 KB)

BTRE has recently completed estimates of passenger movements by various modes (i.e. air, car, coach and rail) between major Australian cities (covering ten main routes) from 1970–71 to 2003–04 and predicted passenger flows up to 2030–31.

• Passenger Movements between Australian Cities, 1970–71 to 2030–31
  
  is_026.pdf
  (5.09 MB)

In addition to the usual content on wharf side indicators of productivity, Waterline 41 contains a feature article on a a set of new indicators of productivity improvements focusing on the interface between port terminals and the trucks and trains that deliver containers to and pick up containers from the terminals.

Indicators include number of trucks processed, container turnaround time, rail transported containers as percent of containers processed on the landside of terminal, and indicators on the availability and use of vehicle booking system time slots at port terminals.

The article includes preliminary estimates of the indicators. However these estimates are based on incomplete data and some, for example rail mode share, are unreliable. They are published at this stage to indicate the intended scope of the new indicators and for comment before formal reporting of the indicators starts in 2007.

• Waterline No 41
  
  water_041.pdf
  (3.73 MB)