provision and maintenance and COAG to funding over safety; investigate such the past 20 options. years; Use a In relation to the Lack of approach to road recommendation suitable road pricing so that on coastal trading pricing overall road user and aviation models charges do not cabotage, it was to inefficient rise, with noted that the investment adjustments to Government had decisions and state and territory developed plans creates grants to account for coastal distortion on for changes in shipping reform the choices revenue; but did not intend users make to change between aviation cabotage Remove different cabotage arrangements. modes, restrictions on particularly coastal shipping. In relation to liner between rail Also remove shipping and road cabotage agreements, the freight; restrictions on Australian Pricing aviation services Government should be for specific remained open to overseen by geographic areas the an such as island recommendation independent territories and and agreed to regulator and poorly served work with the should not be routes, unless it ACCC and an additional can be stakeholders on impost on demonstrated the issue. road that the benefits to the community Reform of outweigh the coastal costs and policy shipping and objectives cannot aviation be achieved in cabotage any other way; regulation should be a Block exemptions priority; for minimum Part X of the standard liner Competition shipping and agreements Consumer should be granted Act 2010 by the Australian (CCA), which Competition and regulates Consumer international
provision and funding over the past 20 years; Lack of suitable road pricing models to inefficient investment decisions and creates distortion on the choices users make between different modes, particularly between rail and road freight; Pricing should be overseen by an independent regulator and should not be an additional impost on road Reform of coastal shipping and aviation cabotage regulation should be a priority; Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA), which regulates international maintenance and safety; Use a approach to road pricing so that overall road user charges do not rise, with adjustments to state and territory grants to account for changes in revenue; Remove cabotage restrictions on coastal shipping. Also remove cabotage restrictions on aviation services for specific geographic areas such as island territories and poorly served routes, unless it can be demonstrated that the benefits to the community outweigh the costs and policy objectives cannot be achieved in any other way; Block exemptions for minimum standard liner shipping agreements should be granted by the Australian Competition and Consumer COAG to investigate such options. In relation to the recommendation on coastal trading and aviation cabotage, it was noted that the Government had developed plans for coastal shipping reform but did not intend to change aviation cabotage arrangements. In relation to liner shipping agreements, the Australian Government remained open to the recommendation and agreed to work with the ACCC and stakeholders on the issue.