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This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services). It looks across industries, time periods and the state and federal jurisdictions, to identify what motivated the various governments to establish these enterprises and what issues arose. The book is therefore informed by the relationship between politics and society on the one hand and economic history on the other; as well as the efforts of governments in Australia to promote economic growth and the wealth of Australians. The main focus of the book is to identify and analyse the following two main questions: (i) What were the main drivers and motivations for governments establishing government-owned business in the network utilities sector? (ii) To what degree were these government-owned businesses successful at achieving the aims of these governments? In doing so the inherent characteristics of these industries are identified, in terms of their need for rights of way, network effects, the monopoly characteristics, and the potential for stimulating growth. Malcolm Abbott is an economist by profession who specialises in research in energy markets, water supply, transport, and network industries in general. In the past he has worked for the ACCC, KPMG, as a Ministerial Advisor, and as an Associate Professor of Economics at the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. Bruce Cohen is a private consultant and former barrister who has worked extensively in the energy and water sectors in Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from The Australian National University and has been a member of the board of directors of a number of utility companies, a Commissioner of the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, and a former Chair of VicTrack and the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation.

Public administration --- World history --- History --- History of Oceania with Australia --- wereldgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- economische geschiedenis --- administratie --- Asia --- Oceania with Australia --- Economic history. --- Public administration. --- Australasia. --- History. --- Urban policy. --- Economic History. --- Public Management. --- Australian History. --- Urban Policy. --- Economic History --- Business & Economics

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“Geraldine Vaughan has successfully rescued some significant historical actors, quoting E.P. Thompson, from the ‘enormous condescension of history’.” – Hilary M. Carey, University of Bristol, UK “This new study of anti-Catholicism represents a distinct contribution to understanding this aspect of religious and imperial history.” – Sir Thomas M. Devine, University of Edinburgh, UK Recent debates about the definition of national identities in Britain, along with discussions on the secularisation of Western societies, have brought to light the importance of a historical approach to the notion of Britishness and religion. This book explores anti-Catholicism in Britain and its Dominions, and forms part of a notable revival over the last decade in the critical historical analysis of anti-Catholicism. It employs transnational and comparative historical approaches throughout, thanks to the exploration of relevant original sources both in the United Kingdom and in Australia and Canada, several of them untapped by other scholars. It applies a 'four nations' approach to British history, thus avoiding an Anglocentric viewpoint. Geraldine Vaughan is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Rouen, France.

Religious studies --- International relations. Foreign policy --- History --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- History of Eastern Europe --- History of North America --- History of Latin America --- History of Oceania with Australia --- imperialisme --- wereldgeschiedenis --- religie --- geschiedenis --- Europese geschiedenis --- kolonialisme --- Asia --- America --- Oceania with Australia --- Imperialism. --- Religion --- Great Britain --- Australasia. --- History. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- History of Religion. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- History of the Americas. --- Australian History.