Plenty to gain by moving Botany container facility – Newcastle Herald
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State blocked terminal plans – Newcastle Herald
By MICHELLE HARRIS THE state government considered and knocked back plans for a $600 million container terminal at Mayfield, but is denying it was because of Nathan Tinkler’s rival coal loader plan or that it always intended to privatise its…
Plan to ease airport traffic congestion – Sydney Morning Herald
Nicole Hasham State Politics An upmarket hotel, a transport interchange and new one-way roads have been proposed to tackle the traffic nightmares plaguing Sydney Airport. NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay and Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather on Sunday confirmed…
Stormy waters for port customers Shipping – Sydney Morning Herald
Chris Tolhurst The introduction of private operators to some ports in NSW and Queensland and stepped-up competition among stevedores has to date failed to bring much downward pressure on port charges. In fact, shipping lines say high levels of bureaucracy,…
EDITORIAL: A warning against asset sales – Newcastle Herald
June 23, 2014, 10:30 p.m. WARNING: Rod Sims - "Privatising in ways that limit competition in order to maximise the sale proceeds is the wrong way". THE conflict of interest involved in governments pushing privatisation agendas is seldom…
Sims threat to big state asset sales – Australian Financial Review
PUBLISHED: 23 JUN 2014 00:06:00 | UPDATED: 23 JUN 2014 10:37:40 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims warns that the new wave of state government privatisations, including electricity distributors and ports, could hurt competition and push up prices. In…
Claim money men burnt midnight oil over deal – Newcastle Herald
By IAN KIRKWOOD BANKERS worked through the night to finish the $1.75billion lease of the Port of Newcastle before the state funeral of former premier Neville Wran, the Australian Financial Review reported on Saturday. But another event held Sydney’s attention on the…
Interestings times for container terminal plans – Newcastle Herald
By IAN KIRKWOOD May 11, 2014, 10 p.m THE Newcastle Herald’s electronic database shows I’ve written about 150 articles in 15 years about the on-again, off-again plans to build a container terminal on the former BHP steelworks site at Mayfield. Increasingly, as…
Plans silent for BHP site – Newcastle Herald
By IAN KIRKWOOD May 2, 2014, 10 p.m. THE new owners of the Port of Newcastle say it is too early to talk about the future of the former BHP steelworks site that was raised in this week’s Independent Commission Against…
Container terminal ‘shame’ – Newcastle Herald
By DONNA PAGE May 1, 2014, 11:30 p.m. A ‘‘DIRTY tricks’’ campaign to promote Nathan Tinkler’s failed coal-loader bid cost Newcastle the chance at a $600million container terminal development, a supporter of the proposal said yesterday. Canberra-based public affairs analyst Greg…