Financial Performance of Government Trading Enterprises 2004-05 to 2006-07
Financial Performance of Government Trading Enterprises 2004-05 to 2006-07
Commission research paper
Financial Performance of Government Trading Enterprises 2004-05 to 2006-07 was released on 31 July 2008. It forms part of the Commission's research into the performance of Australian industries and the progress of microeconomic reform. An erratum (PDF - 26 Kb) was released on 19 January 2009.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 44 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents and Abbreviations
Part A
- 1 Introduction (PDF - 74 Kb)
1.1 Scope
1.2 Approach
1.3 Performance indicators
1.4 Capital management research
1.5 Report structure
Attachment 1.1 Data item definitions - 2 Financial performance overview (PDF - 90 Kb)
2.1 Monitored GTEs
2.2 Market environment
2.3 Profitability
2.4 Financial management
2.5 Transactions with government
Attachment 2.1 GTE return on assets, 2004 05 to 2006 07 - 3 Community service obligations - funding and capital management (PDF - 52 Kb)
3.1 Defining community service obligations
3.2 How are CSOs costed, funded and reported in practice?
3.3 Investment and incentive issues - 4 Profitability and capital management (PDF - 49 Kb)
4.1 Profitability
4.2 Capital management
4.3 Implications of poor capital management
Part B
- 5 Electricity (PDF - 82 Kb)
5.1 Monitored GTEs
5.2 Market environment
5.3 Profitability
5.4 Financial management
5.5 Transactions with government - 5.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 173 Kb)
- Chapter 5 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 585 Kb)
- 6 Water (PDF - 77 Kb)
6.1 Monitored GTEs
6.2 Market environment
6.3 Profitability
6.4 Financial management
6.5 Transactions with government - 6.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 182 Kb)
- Chapter 6 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 590 Kb)
- 7 Urban transport (PDF - 71 Kb)
7.1 Monitored GTEs
7.2 Market environment
7.3 Profitability
7.4 Financial management
7.5 Transactions with government - 7.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 45 Kb)
- Chapter 7 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 137 Kb)
- 8 Rail (PDF - 76 Kb)
8.1 Monitored GTEs
8.2 Market environment
8.3 Profitability
8.4 Financial management
8.5 Transactions with government - 8.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 51 Kb)
- Chapter 8 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 159 Kb)
- 9 Ports (PDF - 63 Kb)
9.1 Monitored GTEs
9.2 Market environment
9.3 Profitability
9.4 Financial management
9.5 Transactions with government - 9.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 139 Kb)
- Chapter 9 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 467 Kb)
- 10 Forestry (PDF - 78 Kb)
10.1 Monitored GTEs
10.2 Market environment
10.3 Profitability
10.4 Financial management
10.5 Transactions with government - 10.6 GTE performance reports (PDF - 60 Kb)
- Chapter 10 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 551 Kb)
- 11 Other government trading enterprises (PDF - 31 Kb)
- Chapter 11 performance indicator worksheets (XLS - 91 Kb)
- Appendix A - Monitored GTEs (PDF - 13 Kb)
- References (PDF - 23 Kb)
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