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Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... new partial owner. They will also have to distinguish between urban and regional distribution traffic. NSW premier, Mike Baird, said the proposal will now form a major plank of the government's re-election platform that will be presented at next year's ...

Power sell off approved by NSW govt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... projects, potentially including a second Sydney Harbour rail crossing. A major split within the coalition forced Premier Mike Baird to exempt country-based Essential Energy from the sale, with the Nationals vehemently opposed to it being privatised. ...

Port of Newcastle leased for $1.75bn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... comprised of Australia's Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants, a Chinese state-owned corporation. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the $340 million of the proceeds would go towards the "revitalisation" of the Newcastle CBD. The remaining $1.2 billion ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...

State Super to combine with two NSW state funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... However, each entity will retain control of its investment objectives, risk management and asset allocation. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird said: "Today's announcement provides a great opportunity for NSW to harmonise its funds management arrangements, by ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has proposed a new taxation practice that would direct company tax revenue on infrastructure back to state governments. The proposal is part of the NSW Government's policy of harnessing superannuation and other institutional ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... productivity to better compete with private sector providers that have the scale to drive lower costs," NSW Treasurer Mike Baird said. But this effort, it would seem, has not come off. "Pillar requires significant investment in its IT systems and property ...

States could learn from Baird's infrastructure model: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... about traffic flow through toll roads such as the Lane Cove tunnel and Melbourne's EastLink toll road. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird's funding model for the WestConnex toll road will use proceeds from the sale of Port Botany and Port Kembla to fund the first ...

Infrastructure trumps other assets over time: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... of Newcastle, the nation's biggest coal port, on a 99-year lease is likely to interest industry funds. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird said there was "unprecedented interest from superannuation funds for exactly these sorts of assets." Industry Funds Management ...