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Chapter 1 Funding regional and local community infrastructure

[1]       Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (DITRDLG), http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/local/rlcip_guidelines.aspx, accessed 8 December 2008.

[2]       The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Media Release, Local Communities to receive $300 Million for Regional and Local Infrastructure, 18 November 2008, http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/aa/releases/2008/november/AA176_2008.htm, accessed 18 November 2008.

[3]       The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Media Release, Repairing Regional Roads and Funding for Community Infrastructure, 4 February 2009, http://www.treasurer.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?doc=factsheets/2009/015.htm, accessed 5 February 2009.

[4]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 18.

[5]       See inquiry terms of reference, <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=itrdlg/regionaldevelopment/tor.htm>.

[6]       PricewaterhouseCoopers, National Financial Sustainability Study of Local Government: Overview, 2006, p. 10.

[7]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 17.

[8]       EDA, Overview of EDA’s Grant Process, http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/AbtEDA.xml, accessed 17 December 2008.

[9]       Infrastructure Canada, Building Canada Fund-Communities Component (Canada-Saskatchewan), http://www.canada-saskbcf-cc.ca, accessed 17 December 2008.

[10]     Department for Transport UK, Community Infrastructure Fund Guidance Paper, http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/cif/communityinfrastructurefundg3718, accessed 9 December 2008.

[11]     Building Canada: Modern Infrastructure for a Strong Canada, http://www.buildingcanada-chantierscanada.gc.ca/alt-format/pdf/booklet-livret-eng.pdf?wt.ad=plan-eng, accessed 17 December 2008, p. 25.

[12]     Building Canada: Modern Infrastructure for a Strong Canada, http://www.buildingcanada-chantierscanada.gc.ca/alt-format/pdf/booklet-livret-eng.pdf?wt.ad=plan-eng, accessed 17 December 2008, p. 28.

[13]     EDA, Overview of EDA’s Grant Process, http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/AbtEDA.xml, accessed 17 December 2008.

[14]     EDA, Overview of EDA’s Grant Process, http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/AbtEDA.xml, accessed 17 December 2008.

[15]     Canada-Saskatchewan BCF-CC, http://www.buildingcanada-chantierscanada.gc.ca/alt-format/pdf/bcfguide-fccmanuel-sk-eng.pdf, accessed 17 December 2008, p. 46.

[16]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 20.

[17]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 41.

[18]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, pp. 48 & 49.

[19]     Department for Transport UK, Community Infrastructure Fund Round 2, http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/cif2/round2, accessed 9 December 2008, p. 2.

[20]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 46.

[21]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Interim Report, November 2008, p. 46.

[22]     Department for Transport UK, Community Infrastructure Fund Round 2, http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/cif2/round2, accessed 9 December 2008, p  1.

[23]     Department for Transport UK, Community Infrastructure Fund Round 2, http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/policy/cif2/round2, accessed 9 December 2008, p  1.

[24]     EDA, Overview of EDA’s Grant Process, http://www.eda.gov/AboutEDA/AbtEDA.xml, accessed 18 December 2008.

Chapter2 Program availability

[1]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 12.

[2]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 14.

[3]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 16. Note: this interpretation would exclude Norfolk Island.

[4]       For a definition see House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 18.

[5]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 13.

[6]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 19.

[7]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 20.

[8]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 47.

[9]       ANAO quoted in, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 47.

[10]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 48.

[11]     Committee recommendation No. 19 in, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 49.

Chapter 3 Accessibility

[1]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 37.

[2]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 37.

[3]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 39.

[4]       Recommendation 13, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 41.

[5]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 41.

[6]       Recommendation 14, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 41.

[7]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 24.

[8]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 24.

[9]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 25.

[10]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 25.

[11]     Recommendation 18, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 47.

[12]     Recommendation 8, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 28.

[13]     Recommendations 16 & 17, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 45.

Chapter 4 Accountability

[1]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, pp. 37-38.

[2]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 30.

[3]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 30.

[4]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, pp. 56-58.

[5]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 57.

[6]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 57.

[7]       ANAO quoted in, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 58.

[8]       The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Media Release: Improving Government Grants, 9 December 2008, <http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2008/mr_422008.html>, accessed 16, December 2008.

[9]       The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Media Release: Improving Government Grants, 9 December 2008, <http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2008/mr_422008.html>, accessed 16, December 2008.

[10]     The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Media Release: Improving Government Grants, 9 December 2008, <http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2008/mr_422008.html>, accessed 16, December 2008.

[11]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 61.

[12]     Mr Brian Boyd and Ms Tina Long, Transcript 13 October 2008, pp. 17-18.

[13]     Mr Tony Carmichael, Transcript 13 October 2008, p. 44.

[14]     Mr Tony Carmichael, Transcript 13 October 2008, p. 45.

[15]     Mr Tony Carmichael, Transcript 13 October 2008, p. 45.

[16]     House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding Regional and Local Community Infrastructure: Proposals for the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Interim Report, November 2008, p. 63.

Dissenting comments

[1]       Mr Trevor, Wide Bay Burnett ACC, Committee Hansard, Wednesday 8 October 2008, pp. 22-23.

[2]       Mr Mobbs, Central Queensland ACC, Committee Hansard, Wednesday 8 October 2008, p.28.

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