Inquiry into Public Private Partnerships

This inquiry is a completed Legislative Assembly inquiry conducted by the Public Accounts Committee. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) refer to a range of arrangements in which the private sector is involved in the provision of government infrastructure or services. These arrangements have been one of the major recent innovations in recent public policy .

PPPs have been used in New South Wales for delivering major toll road projects and new schools. Proposed projects to be delivered this way include the Bonnyrigg Living Communities housing renewal project and the replacement of RailCorp’s electric passenger train carriages.

Previous Public Accounts Committees have commented repeatedly on the appropriate accountability and financing arrangements for projects. Between 1992 and 2002, the Committee published 13 reports and discussion papers. The Committee has decided that it is timely to investigate how well the Government’s is managing its PPP program.

Further information on the New South Wales Government’s current PPP projects and guidelines can be found at the NSW Treasury’s Working with Government website
http://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/wwg/

Information about PPPs in some other jurisdictions can be found at:
Commonwealth http://www.finance.gov.au/GBPFAU/
Victoria http://www.majorprojects.vic.gov.au/
Queensland http://www.sdi.qld.gov.au/

Timeline

» Call for submissions: 3 Sep 2005
» Submissions close: 28 Oct 2005
» Final Report Published: 8 Jun 2006

Reports and Government Responses

Date	Name of Document
08/06/2006	Inquiry into Public Private Partnerships (Final Report)

Hearings and Transcripts

Date	Name of Document
19/10/2005	Public Hearing
18/11/2005	Public Hearing
02/12/2005	Public Hearing
16/02/2006	Public Hearing
17/02/2006	Public Hearing

Submissions

View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.

The closing date for submissions was 28 October 2005

Contact Us

This is a completed inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.

Primary contact: Vicki Buchbach, phone (02) 9230 2363, pac@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Senior Committee Officer: Jackie Ohlin, phone (02) 9230 2354, Jackie.Ohlin@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Committee Officer: Mohini Mehta, phone (02) 9230 2631, Mohini.Mehta@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Address for written correspondence:
The Committee Manager
Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
Parliament House
Macquarie St
Sydney NSW 2000
Fax: (02) 9230 2831 or (02) 9230 3052

Inquiry Terms of Reference

This inquiry was self-referred.

The Committee has resolved to conduct an inquiry and report on private sector investment into public infrastructure, considering the following matters:

(a) New South Wales, Australian and international legislative and policy frameworks and practices regarding private sector investment in public infrastructure;

(b) Government models for evaluating and monitoring private investment in public infrastructure;

(c) The framework for risk allocation between the public and private sectors and its application, especially how well risk is assessed, allocated and managed;

(d) The extent of opportunities to share knowledge across and between agencies;

(e) The extent to which agencies are managing Intellectual Property issues; and

(f) Any other relevant matters.

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