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BalancingPublicandPrivateInfluenceinPublicPrivatePartnerships:acasestudyof
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ThesisStatement• Thebalancebetweenpublicandprivateinfluenceinthepublicprivatepartnership(PPP)duringtheredevelopmentofMelbourneDocklandswasswayedtowardsthatoftheprivatesector.Publicopinionandconsultationwassecondarywhenplansanddevelopmentagreementswerebeingformed.Thispaperalsoraisesthequestion:wasthistheonlywaytomaketheregenerationofadisusedindustrialwastelandthatisDocklands,economicallyviable?
MinisterforMajorProjectsMarkBirrell&SenatorRichardAlstonSource:(DocklandsAuthority,1998)
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Background• 220Hectaresofwaterfrontlandandharbour,locatedimmediatelywestoftheoftheMelbourneCBD• Sincethelate1980sDocklandshasundergonesignificantregeneration• JointdevelopmentventurebetweenPublicandPrivatesectors(PPP)• Shapedbyseveraldifferentphases,politicalagendasandeconomicclimates–includingpastredevelopmentattempts(CFM)• “OneofthemostadventurousandambitiouswaterfrontdevelopmentsintheworldandthelargesturbanrenewalprojectinAustralia’shistory”(Petty,2005)
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PublicPrivatePartnership• “Privatebusinessbecomesinvolvedinfinancing,designing,constructingandowningoroperatingpublicfacilitiesorservices”(Hodge,2004,p.37).• Balancebetweenthis“megacredit‐card”facilityandtheriskgovernmentfaceswhentransferringpublicassetsintoprivatehands
WebbDockBridgeisanexampleofexperimentationinarchitectureandurbandesignSource:(Keeney,2005)
• PPPwaslubricatedbythecreationofasingle‐purposedevelopmentAuthority–TheDocklandsAuthority(DA)• TheDAactedtochannelprivateinvestmentintoDocklands,freefrompoliticalinterference• Influencedbyprivateinterests–TheCommitteeforMelbourne
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Results/Discussion• Privateinfluencedominated‐Marketleddevelopmentideology• ButRemarkableoutcome‐$9BillionofDevelopmenttodate–withlittleimpactonthepublicpurse–undoubtedcommercialsuccess• DocklandsiswhatMelbourne’sCBDneeded–high‐endcorporatespace(MarkBirrell,MinisterforMajorProjects)• Wouldnothavebeendevelopedtotheextendithaswithoutstrongprivateinfluence(AlanStockdale,Treasurer)• Lacksvitalcivicspace(i.e.Townsquare)butTabarts30‐metremargincrucialtoretainingpublicownershipofthewater(MichaelLindell,Consultant)• Stillaworkinprogress,shouldbejudgedaccordingly• TobesociallydesirablefirstneedstobeeconomicallyfeasibleHeavilycontaminatedgasworksinthe1960'sandthesiterebornasDocklandsParkthatnowstoresrainwaterundergroundforirrigationSource:(Gibson,2005)
VictoriaHabourSource:(OwnPhoto,2010)