Transport Asset Holding Entity Explained
Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales (TAHE) is a state-owned corporation of the New South Wales Government in New South Wales, Australia, established under the Transport Administration Act 1988. It was converted and renamed from RailCorp on 1 July 2020.[1] [2] As a state-owned corporation, it is not an agency or division of Transport for NSW.[3]
Like its predecessor RailCorp, the TAHE holds rail property assets, rolling stock and rail infrastructure in the Sydney metropolitan area and limited country locations in the state and it makes these assets available to Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink for their operations. Its asset base consists of "rail embankments, cuttings and tunnels, track, signals, power systems, rolling stock, stations and significant land holdings around stations" across the state.[4] A sister entity, the Residual Transport Corporation (RTC), which was formed in July 2017, owns assets not suitable for TAHE ownership.[5]
The TAHE will eventually own the state's public transport assets, including ferries.[6] [7]
Following a change of government, TAHE will be changed to an unannounced renamed not-for-profit entity and be dissolved at a later date.[8]
Board of directors
As a statutory state-owned corporation in New South Wales, the TAHE has a board of directors that is made up of the secretary of Transport for NSW and 3 to 7 directors appointed by the voting shareholders.[3] [9] The directors may also include the chief executive of TAHE, currently Benedicte Colin .[10]
Controversies
TAHE has been the subject of an investigation by the NSW Legislative Council public accountability committee.[11] The Financial Review report stated: "Faced with the new accounting standards, PwC instead recommended either the whole TfNSW portfolio be fully corporatised or the TAHE proposal be dropped." noting that currently only 30% of costs were recovered.
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Notes and References
- https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2017/tfnsw-annual-report-2016-17.pdf Transport for NSW Annual Report 2016–17 page 142,237
- Web site: Half Yearly Report. Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales. 11 February 2022. 11 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211001408/https://tahensw.com.au/assets/TAHEHalfYearlyReport_29%20Jan_2021.pdf. live.
- http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/taaea2017n12637.pdf Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act 2017 No 12
- Web site: Business. Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales. 11 February 2022. 11 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211001410/https://tahensw.com.au/assets/TAHEbusiness.pdf. live.
- Web site: Transport for NSW Annual Report 2017–18. 49. Transport for NSW. 2 December 2018. 21 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621000811/https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2018/TfNSW-Annual-Report-2017%E2%80%9318-Volume-1.pdf. live.
- Web site: Scramble to complete new entity forecast to boost state budget by $7b. Sydney Morning Herald. 9 January 2019. 1 July 2020. 1 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200701095220/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/scramble-to-complete-new-entity-forecast-to-boost-state-budget-by-7b-20181127-p50ijw.html. live.
- Web site: Sydney Trains on track for major reshuffle. Sydney Morning Herald. 29 June 2020. 1 July 2020. 30 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630041144/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-trains-on-track-for-major-reshuffle-20200626-p556e1.html. live.
- Web site: Murray . Duncan . 2023-09-09 . Troubled NSW rail firm, TAHE, to go not-for-profit . 2024-05-21 . The Canberra Times . en-AU.
- Web site: State Owned Corporations Act 1989 No 134. NSW Legislation. 7 July 2020. 3 December 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021203110721/https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/1989/134/full. live.
- Web site: Transport Asset Holding Entity. Transport Asset Holding Entity. 11 February 2022. 10 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220210173032/https://tahensw.com.au/. live.
- Web site: NSW Treasury to delay federal approval for new transport agency . . 2021-11-16 . 2022-04-20 . 20 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420014451/https://www.afr.com/politics/nsw-treasury-to-delay-federal-approval-for-new-transport-agency-20211116-p599fz . live .
