History of Canberra Rush at the time, Melbourne was Australia's largest city and a potential place for the capital. However Sydney was Australia's oldest city, and so also had a justifiable claim to host the new nation's Federal polity. Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria, Melbourne's state of location —supported Melbourne. However, New South Wales (the largest colony) and its neighbouring northern state, Queensland, favoured Sydney. Perhaps one or another of the two colonial capitals might have eventually been acceptable to the smaller states, but the Sydney–Melbourne rivalry was such that neither city would ever agree to the other one becoming the capital.
State-owned enterprises of Australia of which are overseen by the Department of Communications: The GBEs of the Australian Capital Territory include: The GBEs of New South Wales include: The GBEs of the Northern Territory include: The GBEs of Queensland include: South Australia is notable for having very controversially privatized most of its GBEs: Tasmania has a considerable amount of GBEs, relative to other states: The GBEs of Victoria include: The GBEs of Western Australian include: State-owned enterprises of Australia In Australia the predominant term used for SOEs is government business enterprise (GBE). Various Australian states also have GBEs, especially with respect to the provision