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To date, T&A's consultancy assignments – either directly or on a sub-consultancy basis – have included the following:

  • 2009: advising on the possible whole-of-government financial impacts of alternative development options facing West Molonglo, for the Riverview Group (through Access Economics) 
  • 2008: estimation of State taxes on the mining sector, for the Minerals Council of Australia (through Access Economics). 
  • 2008: a report developing a recommended approach to assessing the creditworthiness of non-budget government entities, for the WA Treasury Corporation (through FiscalStar Services Pty Ltd)
  • 2008: preparation of a draft decision setting out recommended changes to certain regulatory guidelines issued in relation to the Tarcoola-Darwin railway, for the Essential Services Commission of South Australia
  • 2008 (and for the preceding two years): authoring a bi-annual report on Fiscal Transparency: Australian States and Territories, for Access Economics
  • 2007: preparation of a draft report reviewing certain regulatory guidelines issued in relation to the Tarcoola-Darwin railway, for the Essential Services Commission of South Australia
  • 2006 (and for the preceding six years): authoring a bi-annual publication entitled State and Territory Budget Monitor, for Access Economics
  • 2006: chapters 1 and 3 of a Cost of Federalism report prepared for the Business Council of Australia (through Access Economics)
  • 2006: preparation of an issues paper and a draft report for a Ministerial Review of the AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Code, for the Essential Services Commission of South Australia
  • 2006: a report analysing the structure of Energex’s and Ergon’s network pricing, for the Queensland Competition Authority
  • 2004: a review of regulatory accounting guidelines and pricing principles as part of the 2005 Electricity Distribution Price Determination, for the Queensland Competition Authority
  • 2004: a report analysing the economic and fiscal impacts of cross-border developments in the ACT, for the Village Building Company (through Access Economics)
  • 2004: an analysis of the transparency of State budget documentation for the Commonwealth Department of Family and Children’s Services (through Access Economics)
  • 2003: assistance in the drafting of an electricity networks third-party access code, for the WA Electricity Reform Implementation Unit (through Access Economics)
  • 2003: an analysis of sustainable health policies for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (through Access Economics)
  • 2003: a review of hospital funding statistics for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (through Access Economics)
  • 2003: a report assessing the long-term (30 year) fiscal risks facing the Victorian Government, and the associated development of a budgetary model to quantify the impact of these risks, for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finances (through Access Economics)
  • 2003: expert testimony before the NZ Commerce Commission’s final hearing into the Regulation of Electricity Lines Business: Thresholds and Controls, for Powerco Limited (a listed lines business in NZ)
  • 2002: extension of the model developed in 2001 (of the impact of additional migration on the Commonwealth budget) onto an accrual accounting basis, for Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (through Access Economics)
  • 2001: provision of a range of advice to the Queensland Competition Authority in relation to the 2001 Electricity Distribution Price Determination
  • 2001: a report independently evaluating criticisms made by certain independent experts of the ‘zero residual value’ component of the QCA’s March 2001 Draft Decision on Envestra’s and Allgas’ proposed access arrangements for gas distribution networks, for the Queensland Competition Authority (through Access Economics)
  • 2001: a report examining possible flaws in the horizontal fiscal equalisation methodology applied in the Commonwealth Grant Commission’s 2001 Update Report, for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (through Access Economics)
  • 2001: a report assessing the shadow credit rating applicable to Queensland Rail’s below-rail coal business, for the Queensland Competition Authority (through Access Economics)
  • 2001: a report addressing the ABS’s classification of the Defence Housing Authority, and the requirements for classification as a public non-financial corporation, for the Commonwealth Defence Housing Authority (through Access Economics)
  • 2001: the development of an extensive financial model measuring the impact on each State budget of additional migrants for up to 10 years after settlement, for the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (through Access Economics)
  • 2000: fiscal management training and advice to the Financial and Policy & Planning Divisions of the Samoa Treasury (as part of an AusAid institutional strengthening project), for SAGRIC International
  • 2000: a draft Fiscal Integrity and Transparency framework, for the NT Treasury
  • 2000: a report assessing the whole-of-government implications of private financing initiatives, for the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Administration (through Access Economics)
  • 1999: a paper on the fiscal impact of the Alice Springs-Darwin railway on the South Australian Government, for the NT Department of Transport and Works
  • 1998: advice to South Australia's Electricity Reform and Sales Unit on a range of topics between March and July 1998, including an assessment of the shareholder risks associated with continuing State government ownership of ETSA
  • 1998: advice on a target capital structure for the Australian Rail Track Corporation, for Equity & Advisory Ltd
  • 1998: facilitation of a “Succession Planning” workshop for the Financial Management Division of the WA Treasury
  • 1998: a report advising on HomeStart’s shadow credit rating under alternative scenarios, for Homestart Finance (SA)
  • 1998: the identification of organisational competencies, the facilitation of a business planning workshop and the drafting of the resulting documentation, for the Budget and Financial Management Division of the WA Treasury
  • 1998: expert assistance to Mr Tom Sheridan in his independent assessment of certain questions pertaining to the sale of ETSA and Optima, for the SA Department of Treasury and Finance
  • 1998: the development of community service obligation (CSO) guidelines and the re-estimation of CSO payments consistent with those guidelines, for the NT Treasury
  • 1998: separate advice to two State Treasuries on the economic and budgetary policies necessary for upgrades in their respective Government's credit ratings
  • 1998: project managing a Government-initiated strategic review of the Power and Water Authority of the Northern Territory, for the NT Treasury
  • 1998: reports recommending target capital structures for two newly-established Commonwealth GBEs, for the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Administration
  • 1997: preparation of three papers as part of a consultancy relating to ‘Principles for Capital Structure and Treatment of Capital Injections’, for the GBE Oversight Unit of the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Administration
  • 1997: two reports addressing the development of a framework for an ownership monitoring and reporting regime for application across budget sector agencies, for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

In addition, T&A has provided Alan Tregilgas' services through the following "executive lease" arrangements: 

  • November 2000 to June 2006: Adviser, Essential Services Commission of South Australia, Adelaide (part-time)
         2004-2006: advising on the first review of Envestra’s access arrangement for the SA gas distribution network
         2000-2004: advising on all aspects of implementation of the Tarcoola-Darwin railway access code  
  • February 1999 to October 1999: Principal Adviser—Economic Regulation, Northern Territory Treasury
  • May 1998 to January 1999: acting Executive Director, Commercial, Power and Water Authority of the Northern Territory
  • August 1996 to August 1997: Executive Director, Government Management Review Unit, South Australian Department of the Premier and Cabinet
 

 

 
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