By MICHELLE HARRIS Aug. 5, 2014, 10 p. TWO prominent Hunter developers at the centre of NSW’s latest corruption inquiry pitched to redevelop the same Port of Newcastle site that Nathan Tinkler pursued for a coal-loader and is being investigated over…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…