Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Northbound Assistance Rates at 1 January 1978

Publication Subject(s)
freight
maritime
tasmanian freight equalisation scheme
Publication Type
Research Report
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When the Commonwealth Government introduced the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFES on 1 July 1976 it directed the Bureau of Transport Economics to recalculate the rates of assistance by December 1977.

This report presents the recommended new rates of assistance calculated on the basis of the freight rates prevailing at the end of December 1977. The method of recalculation was based on that used by the Nimmo Commission although with some modifications.

The new assistance rates were calculated as the difference between the costs of moving a consignment from Tasmania to mainland destinations and the costs of moving a similar consignment on comparable mainland routes.

  • Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Northbound Assistance Rates at 1 January 1978