Sustainable Transport Seminar - Michael Posener, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

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Michael Posener, Director of Economics and Infrastructure Advisory at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, presented at our seminar entitled 'Sustainable Transport in Victoria: Developing, financing and implementing a state plan', on Thursday 8 May, 2014 in Melbourne. Held as part of our Sustainability Leadership Series, this seminar brought together experts and practitioners from across business, government and civil society to discuss how we can achieve a sustainable transport plan for Victoria and how it would be financed and implemented. For more information about this seminar and the UNAA Sustainability Leadeship Series please visit www.unaavictoria.org.au/education-advocacy/masterclasses/

Serviços Economia e finanças Negócios

Sustainable Transport
Developing, financing and implementing a state
plan for Victoria
Melbourne, 8 May 2014

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A quick explanation
Financing Funding
• Convert up front costs
into over time costs
• There is a cost
• Needs a source of funds
to repay
• Ultimate source of funds to
pay for project
• Can be either up front or
over time
• Can come from different
sources
• Government
• User pays
• Project beneficiaries

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What’s the Problem?

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What’s Happening in Other Jurisdictions - Funding?

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What’s Happening in Other Jurisdictions - Financing?

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Conclusions
• No silver bullet
• Expanded range of options that
can be used
• More cooperation needed to bring
projects to completion
• Need to bring private sector /
residents along on the journey
• Changing role of government
Public
Sector
Private
Sector
Residents

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