French, Spanish and Australian companies won separate auctions to buy the state's stakes in the three firms. A group lead by French firm Eiffage and Australian company Macquarie will assume responsibility for APRR, which controls motorways around Paris and in the west of France.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4528790.stm

The US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on "Understanding Peak Oil Theory" (Dec 7th) 
ASPO International president Prof Kjell Aleklett, who recently launched ASPO Australia (see below), was among 6 witnesses invited to the committee. The other witnesses were Dr Robert Hirsch (SAIC and author of the Hirsch Report), Mr Robert Esser (Cambridge Energy Research Associates - CERA), Mr Murray Smith (Minister-Counsellor Govt. - Canadian Embassy) and members of the US House of Representatives the Hon. Roscoe Bartlett and the Hon. Tom Udall.   
Prof Aleklett's written submission is available here and Robert Hirsch's is here. 
Audio from the two and a half hour long hearing is available here  in realaudio format.

ASPO-Australia  was formally launched on 21st November in Perth by Prof. Kjell Aleklett, president of ASPO International at the RAC(WA) media room. This was followed in the evening by a well-attended public lecture on Peak Oil at the University of Western Australia. This event was hosted by the Institute of Advanced Studies and the Sustainable Transport Coalition.   Prof. Aleklett's powerpoint slides from the UWA lecture are here  and the audio recording of the lecture is here.Prof Aleklett also addressed an Australian Institute of Energy luncheon (23 Nov).  His presentation is available from the AIE
News items relating to Kjell Alekletts visit:
No technological fix for falling oil stocks
Oil prices surge overnight (Aleklett interview)
Further items can be found on Energyreview.net and in the Australian Financial Review (Monday) which are both subscription only.