Financial Performance of Government Trading Enterprises 1999-00 to 2003-04

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents, Abbreviations

PART A

Key Points

1   Introduction
1.1   Scope
1.2   External governance
1.3   Report structure

2   Financial performance overview
2.1   Profitability
2.2   Financial management
2.3   Government transactions

3   Interpretation of performance measures
3.1   Data
3.2   Performance indicators

4   External Governance of GTEs
4.1   Background
4.2   Characteristics of corporatised entities
4.3   Government ownership — and the public interest
4.4   How can external governance be improved?
4.5   Towards best practice

PART B

5   Electricity
5.1   Monitored GTEs
5.2   Market environment
5.3   Profitability
5.4   Financial management
5.5   Financial transactions
5.6   GTE performance reports

6   Water, sewerage, drainage and irrigation
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

7   Urban transport
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

8   Railways
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

9   Ports
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

10   Forestry
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

11   Australian Government GTEs

Appendix A   Monitored GTEs

References