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  1. Australian Accounting Standards
  2. Summary of significant accounting policies
  3. Judgements made by management in applying accounting policies
  4. Key sources of estimation uncertainty
  5. Disclosure of changes in accounting policy and estimates
  6. Employee benefits expense
  7. Supplies and services
  8. Depreciation and amortisation expense
  9. Finance costs
  10. Grants and subsidies expense
  11. Other expenses
  12. User charges and fees
  13. Operating lease revenue
  14. Commonwealth grants and contributions
  15. Interest revenue
  16. Other revenue
  17. Net gain/(loss) on disposal/write-off of non-current assets
  18. Income from State Government
  19. Restricted cash and cash equivalents
  20. Inventories
  21. Receivables
  22. Amounts receivable for services
  23. Infrastructure, property, plant, equipment and vehicles
  24. Intangible assets
  25. Non-current assets classified as held for sale
  26. Impairment of assets
  27. Fair value measurements
  28. Payables
  29. Borrowings
  30. Provisions
  31. Other current liabilities
  32. Deferred income – operating lease
  33. Equity
  34. Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
  35. Commitments
  36. Contingent liabilities and contingent assets
  37. Remuneration of members of the accountable authority and senior officers
  38. Financial Instruments
  39. Supplementary financial information
  40. Events occurring after the end of the reporting period
  41. Explanatory statement
  42. Schedule of income and expenses by services
  43. Remuneration of auditor
  44. Act of Grace payments

Contingent liabilities and contingent assets

Contingent liabilities

The following contingent liabilities are additional to the liabilities included in the financial statements:

Litigation in progress

A third party has an ongoing (commenced in February 2012) Supreme Court action against the PTA relating to a claim to provide a Railway Crossing pursuant to Section 102 of the Public Works Act. The PTA has denied all liability and is defending the action. It is not possible to estimate the amount of any eventual payments in relation to this claim at balance sheet date.

A former contractor has an ongoing District Court action (commenced January 2014) against the PTA relating to a claim for breach of contract in relation to a services contract. The PTA has denied all liability and is defending the action. The plaintiff’s claim is for $741,503.

Contaminated Sites

Under the Contaminated Sites Act 2003, the PTA is required to report known and suspected contaminated sites to the Department of Environment Regulation (DER) formerly Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). In accordance with the Act, DER classifies these sites on the basis of the risk to human health, the environment and environmental values. Where sites are classified as contaminated – remediation required or possibly contaminated – investigation required, the PTA may have a liability in respect of investigation or remediation expenses.

During the year the PTA reported two additional suspected contaminated sites to DER. One site has been classified as ‘possibly contaminated – investigation required’ and the other site has yet to be classified. The PTA is unable to assess the likely outcome of the classification process, and accordingly, it is not practicable to estimate the potential financial effect or to identify the uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of any outflows. Whilst there is no possibility of reimbursement of any future expenses that may be incurred in the remediation of these sites, the PTA may apply for funding from the Contaminated Sites Management Account to undertake further investigative work or to meet remediation costs that may be required.

Due to the fact that the PTA is still in the process of assessing the potential impact of all identified contaminated sites, a contingent liability may exist at year end for the sites which have not yet been assessed.

Australian Accounting Standards

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Summary of significant accounting policies
Summary of significant accounting policies

The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia's (PTA) financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014 have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards...

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Financial Summary
Judgements made by management in applying accounting policies

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements about the application of accounting...

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