Port reform in Australia: Issues in the ownership debate

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-62

  Everett, Sophia ^a   Robinson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002422264     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839800000044     Document Type: Article

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2. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Australian Chamber of Shipping and the award of the Chamber's Research Grant for 1995.
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