This document discusses the redevelopment of Melbourne Docklands through a public-private partnership. It argues that private influence dominated the partnership during the regeneration of the 220-hectare industrial wasteland into a major urban development. While the partnership resulted in $9 billion in development with little public cost, public opinion and consultation played a secondary role to the private sector's plans and agreements. The redeveloped Docklands now lacks some civic spaces but has been a commercial success, though debate continues around achieving both economic feasibility and social desirability in such large public-private projects.