Letter to the Chair of the Productivity Commission dated 20 Sept 2023    Defined Terms and Documents     Discussion Paper      Annexure A

Annexure B  -  Four pertinent Sections in the Australian Constitution that warrant the Commonwealth Govt legislating that Australia's six States and two Territories submit a Conforming Cost-Benefit Analysis to the Commonwealth Productivity Commission at least six weeks prior to Financial Close for all future transport infrastructure projects to prove that the sought after project is not further wasting the Public Purse

Part V - Powers of the Parliament 
 SECT 51.  Legislative powers of the Parliament

The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power12 to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to:

(i)           trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States;

(xxxiv)  railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of that State;

Chapter IV. Finance And Trade

SECT 96.  Financial assistance to States

During a period of ten years after the establishment of the Commonwealth and thereafter until the Parliament otherwise provides, the Parliament may grant financial assistance to any State on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit.

SECT 97.  Audit

Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the laws in force in any Colony which has become or becomes a State with respect to the receipt of revenue and the expenditure of money on account of the Government of the Colony, and the review and audit of such receipt and expenditure, shall apply to the receipt of revenue and the expenditure of money on account of the Commonwealth in the State in the same manner as if the Commonwealth, or the Government or an officer of the Commonwealth, were mentioned whenever the Colony, or the Government or an officer of the Colony, is mentioned.

SECT 98.  Trade and commerce includes navigation and State railways

The power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to trade and commerce extends to navigation and shipping, and to railways the property of any State.