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Members of the Board Committees during the year:
(* denotes Chairman)
Audit & Compliance
G Brown* (reappointed 30 June 2016)
J Bonnington
P Catty (end of term 17 March 2016)
L Di Bartolomeo (end of term 29 June 2016)
J Fullerton
Environment Health & Safety
L Di Bartolomeo* (end of term 29 June 2016)
G Brown (reappointed 30 June 2016)
B Cotter (end of term 17 March 2016)
V Graham (appointed 8 March 2016)
J Bonnington
J Fullerton
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activities of the Group
during the year were the provision of rail
access and infrastructure management
of rail networks, either owned or leased
by ARTC.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN THE STATE OF AFFAIRS
Significant changes in the state of affairs
of the group during the financial year
were as follows:
Continuing implementation of ARTC’s
Transformation Program has seen the
further activity across a range of areas
with particular focus on delivering
optimum customer outcomes together
with activities under the leadership and
effectiveness & efficiency work streams
The Scoping Study that had been
announced by the Commonwealth
Government in 2015 was undertaken
during the 2015/6 year which assessed
options for the future management,
operations and ownership of ARTC.
In May 2016 the Government announced
completion of the Scoping Study and
the decision that ARTC would remain
in Government ownership to leverage
its skills, values and experience to
deliver Inland Rail in partnership with
the private sector. ARTC has been
undertaking development (planning)
activities for Inland Rail funded from
within an initial grant allocation from the
Australian Government of $300 million.
The $300 million grant has funded the
preparation by ARTC of a Programme
Business Case (completed September
2015) together with concept design,
preliminary environmental assessments
and a range of technical studies. Based
on its assessment of the Business Case,
Infrastructure Australia included Inland
Rail as a priority project in the Australian
Infrastructure Plan and Priority List in
May 2016, and the Government made a
commitment to provide a further $594
million in equity funding to ARTC to
advance the pre-construction stages of
Inland Rail, including corridor acquisition.
People, Policy & Remuneration
H Nugent * (appointed 3 August 2015)
P Catty (end of term March 2016)
B Cotter (end of term March 2016)
J Fullerton
Risk Committee
H Nugent* (appointed 3 August 2015)
C Barlow (appointed 2 May 2016)
J Bonnington
G Brown (reappointed 30 June 2016)
V Graham (appointed 8 March 2016)
L Di Bartolomeo (end of term 29 June 2016)
P Catty (end of term 17 March 2016)
B Cotter (end of term 17 March 2016)
J Fullerton
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