Introduction

The Port of Brisbane Corporation is a Government Owned Corporation responsible for the operation and management of Australia’s third busiest container port.

Established as a statutory authority in 1976 it was corporatised in 1994 under the Government Owned Corporation (GOC) Act 1993.  On 1 July 2007, the Port of Brisbane Corporation changed from a statutory to a company GOC, listed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

The Corporation is a publicly owned entity, but operates on a commercial basis and in a competitive environment. This has enabled us to improve our efficiency, effectiveness and accountability and to meet the objective of corporatisation under the GOC Act – ‘to improve Queensland’s overall economic performance’.