276:. Because privatisation had left the DOI with little experience of major project procurement, it allowed companies tendering for the RFR works packages considerable freedom in determining how to meet travel time targets set by the state government, and used the expertise of external consultants to assess the suitability of bids. The DOI and its Rail Projects group were later heavily criticised for this approach, both for the costs of employing external consultants and for engineering solutions which proved to be poorly understood.
173:, the DOI oversaw a variety of functions until its abolition in 2008. It was responsible for transport policy during its entire existence, and consequently played a major role in the related reforms and projects initiated by Kennett and his successors. At different times, it also had responsibility for planning, major projects, local government, energy, communications, and mining.
300:, on the other hand, sat deep within the DOI, with little power to advocate for major projects or carry out long-term planning. By 2005, transport experts had begun to call for reform of the DOI to bring public transport onto a "more even footing" with road construction. In contrast to the original aims of the DOI, land use planning had also been transferred to the
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laws were delayed or denied. Ministerial advisers and senior officers of the
Department overturn previously approved releases of information. Several DOI projects commenced under the Bracks government were criticised by the Auditor-General in a 2004 report, which found the Department had planned and
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went unmatched by service increases, the
Department's complex structure without obvious accountability for public transport was again criticised. Moreover, transport experts argued a "negative and defeatist culture" within the bureaucracy was preventing it from being able to plan and deliver even
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Department of State and Regional Development. Following the election of the Bracks government, however, the merger did not take place, although Bracks immediately removed Kennett's DOI secretary; the Department of State Development was renamed as Bracks had promised but without
296:, although nominally under the control of the Department, was the only transport agency reporting directly to the minister, and the road corporation also maintained significant informal influence at all levels of government. The
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arrangement with the state retaining ownership of the assets. Although the TRU had intended a similar approach for V/Line, it altered the arrangements under pressure from potential bidders by vertically and horizontally
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substantial change to its functions. When it was abolished in March 2002, its major projects responsibility was transferred to the DOI.
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The DOI played a major role in delivery of the Bracks' government's transport projects, such as the
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Minister faces hot time in changing environmental climate".
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Hope, Richard (December 2004). "Adaptable signalling will SPEED V/Line up to 160 km/h".
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The model adopted by the TRU for the transport privatisation saw the
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Munro, Ian (6 December 1998). "Shakeup follows bungling: Labor".
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Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
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managed them poorly, leading to significant cost blowouts.
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