Monopoly Control

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.

• Part I: Setting the framework.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Australian economic development and network utilities.- Part II: The construction of the new infrastructure: the 19th century.- Chapter 3: Infrastructure development: industrialisation, institutions, private interests, and public capital investment.- Chapter 4: The colonial post office.- Chapter 5: Local supply networks: water and gas.- Chapter 6: Railways: emergence and development.- Part III: A new nation and its networks: 1901 to 1945.- Chapter 7: Infrastructure provision for a new nation.- Chapter 8: The development of telecommunications.- Chapter 9: Urban amenities: electricity, gas, and tramways.- Chapter 10: The railways: growth and decline.- Part IV: The post-war era: 1945 to 1988.- Chapter 11: The post-war world.- Chapter 12: Telecommunications: extending the network.- Chapter 13: Urban growth and change.- Chapter 14: Transport: a new way forward.- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 15: Economic policy, service delivery, and productivity.