Rail transport and Australian federalism
By: Garth Stevenson
Series: Research monograph -- no. 48; Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations) -- no. 48
Publisher: Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Australian National University
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Railroads; Finance; Railroads and state; Federal government; Management
Description: Contents : State railways in a Federal setting. The gauge problem. The declining fortunes of Government railways. The transfer of State railways to the Commonwealth. From Commonwealth railways to Australian National. Federal policies and intergovernmental relations. (The Darwin Project). A new era for State railways. Intersystem collaboration, an alternative to central control. The political economy of State railways.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 147-155.