Examining 'tunnel vision' in Australian PPPs: Rationales, rhetoric, risks and 'rogues'

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Johnston, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross City Tunnel; Infrastructure development; Tollways

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954775490     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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