Publications

• Infrastructure Australia Reports to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
• Guidelines
• Discussion papers and research
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Freight, roads and rail
  • Ports
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Water

Infrastructure Australia Reports to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG)

• Report to COAG Communicating the Imperative for Action, June 2011 [PDF: 4045 KB]
• Getting the fundamentals right for Australia's infrastructure priorities, June 2010 [PDF: 4481 KB]
• Building Australia's Future—A Review of Approval Processes for Major Infrastructure, June 2009 [PDF: 2769 KB]
• National Infrastructure Priorities: Infrastructure for an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future, May 2009 [PDF: 1472 KB]
• A report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008 [PDF: 1917 KB]

Guidelines

• Better Infrastructure Decision Making Guidelines [PDF: 333 KB]
• Better Infrastructure Decision Making Templates for Stages 1–6
  [PDF: 32 KB] [DOC: 107 KB]
• Better Infrastructure Decision Making Templates for Stage 7
  [PDF: 103 KB] [DOC: 185 KB]
• Better Infrastructure Decision Making Guidelines—Submission Coversheet
  [PDF: 54 KB] [DOC: 57 KB]
• Building Australia Fund Evaluation Criteria [PDF: 74 KB]

Discussion papers and research

Cities

• Our Cities: building a productive, sustainable and liveable future, Discussion Paper, 2010 [PDF: 3570 KB]
• State of Australian Cities 2010 [PDF: 10136 KB]
• Cycling Infrastructure for Australian Cities: background paper, March 2009 [PDF: 1137 KB]

Energy

• Energy Transmission Network Planning: The emerging role of the Australian Energy Market Operator, September 2010 [PDF: 520 KB]
• Andrew Went, Peter Newman and Wal James: CUSP Discussion Paper 2008/1: Renewable Transport: How energy and electric vehicles using vehicle to grid technology can make carbon free urban development, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute [PDF: 1020 KB]

Environment

• Greening Australia, Investment in Natural Infrastructure to offset the environmental impact of future development of built infrastructure, 2010 [PDF: 833 KB]

Freight, roads and rail

• MITEZ 50-year Freight Infrastructure Plan, a report from Juturna Consulting, February 2012 [PDF: 4016 KB]
• COAG Road Freight Incremental Pricing Trials, a report by Juturna Consulting, August 2011 [PDF: 11901 KB]
• National land freight strategy discussion paper, February 2011 [PDF: 1035 KB]
• Road Access Improvement Regime: Issues Paper, September 2010 [PDF: 155 KB]
• National Freight Strategy: Roads: 2010-2060. A discussion paper for Infrastructure Australia, June 2010 [PDF: 619 KB]
• Developing a National Freight Network Strategy: Perspectives of freight network customers, May 2010 [PDF: 690 KB]
• Phase 1 Final Report: The Business Case for Dedicated Truck Lanes, prepared for the Missouri, Illinois and Ohio Departments of Transportation and the US Federal Highway Administration, June 2010 [PDF: 752 KB]
• Separation of Vehicles—CMV-Only Lanes, Joint Report of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and the National Cooperative Freight Research Program, Transport Research Board of National Academies, Washington DC, 2010 [PDF: 2227 KB]
• Public and Private Sector Interdependence in Freight Transportation Markets, National Cooperative Freight Research Program, Transport Research Board of National Academies, Washington DC, 2010 [PDF: 2833 KB]
• National Freight Network Strategy Background Paper, February 2010 [PDF: 2424 KB]
• Options for improving the integration of road governance in Australia, a report by The Allen Consulting Group, August 2009 [PDF: 2525 KB]
• Options for improving the integration of road governance in Australia: The role of local government, August 2009 [PDF: 65 KB]
• Professor Graham Currie, Chair of Public Transport, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University: Research perspectives on the merits of Light Rail vs Bus, presentation given at the BITRE Colloquium, Canberra, 18–19 June 2009 [PDF: 8014 KB]

Ports

• National ports strategy: Infrastructure for an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable future, December 2010 [PDF: 915 KB]
• National ports strategy background paper, December 2010 [PDF: 750 KB]

Public Private Partnerships

• Robert Bain: Is it time to revisit PPP ratings?, 2011 [PDF: 1605 KB]
• OECD: Dedicated PPP Units: A survey of institutional and governance structures 2010 [PDF: 549 KB]
• World Economic Forum: Paving the Way: Maximizing the Value of Private Finance in Infrastructure, 2010
• UK House of Lords: Private Finance Projects on and off-balance sheet debt, 2010
• UK National Audit Office: Private Finance Projects, 2009
• UK National Audit Office: Performance of PFI Construction, 2009
• Timothy Irwin and Tanya Mokdad: Managing contingent Liabilities in Public Private Partnerships: Practice in Australia, Chile and South Africa, 2009 [PDF: 231 KB]
• Helm, D R: Infrastructure Investment, the Cost of Capital, and Regulation: An Assessment, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2009, 25:3, pp307–326: Further information can be found at www.dieterhelm.co.uk [PDF: 1046 KB]
• IAQ and Bond University: A survey of alternative financing mechanisms for PPPs, 2009
• Robert Bain: Toll forecasts: Big numbers win prizes, 2009 [PDF: 129 KB]
• KPMG (UK): PFI in school building—does it influence educational outcomes? 2009 [PDF: 891 KB]
• Victorian Auditor General: The Royal Childrens' Hosptal PPP, 2009
• NSW Treasury: Public Private Partnership Policy - An Evolution, 2009
• Victorian Auditor General: The Royal Womens' Hospital PPP, 2008
• UKHM Treasury: Infrastructure Procurement: Delivering Long Term Value, 2008
• KPMG: Financing Australian PPP Projects in the Global Financial Crisis, 2009
• IAQ and Bond University: What impact will the current capital market conditions have on PPPs?, 2008 [PDF: 515 KB]
• National PPP Forum and University of Melbourne: Australian PPP Benchmarking Study, 2008 [PDF: 324 KB]
• Ernst & Young: The journey continues: PPPs in social infrastructure, 2008 [PDF: 659 KB]
• Ernst & Young: The economic contribution of Sydney's toll roads to NSW and Australia, 2008 [PDF: 7897 KB]
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers: The value of PFI: Hanging in the balance (sheet)?, 2008 [PDF: 136 KB]
• Michael Regan: A survey of alternative financing mechanisms for public private partnerships, 2008 [PDF: 875 KB]
• Allen Consulting: Performance of PPPs and Traditional Procurement in Australia, 2007
• Victorian Auditor General: Southern Cross Station and Melbourne Convention Centre PPPs, 2007
• The Serco Institute: Built to Serve: The benefits of Service-Led PPPs, 2007 [PDF: 846 KB]
• KPMG UK: Effectiveness of operational contracts in PFI, 2007 [PDF: 995 KB]
• Confederation of British Industry: Building on success: The way forward for PFI, 2007 [PDF: 523 KB]
• Confederation of British Industry: The Next Steps: Priorities for improving public service, 2007 [PDF: 1217 KB]
• Confederation of British Industry: Going global: The world of public private Partnerships, 2007 [PDF: 431 KB]
• UK House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts: HM Treasury: Tendering and benchmarking in PFI, 2007 [PDF: 513 KB]
• US Department of Transportation: Report to Congress on the Costs, Benefits, and Efficiencies of Public-Private Partnerships for Fixed Guideway Capital Projects, 2007 [PDF: 865 KB]
• NSW Auditor General: The Cross City Tunnel Project, 2006
• NSW Auditor General: The New Schools Privately Financed Project, 2006
• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu: Closing the Infrastructure Gap: The Role of PPPs, 2006 [PDF: 607 KB]
• Victorian Parliament Public Accounts and Estimates Committee: Report on Private Investment in Public Infrastructure, 2006 [PDF: 1084 KB]
• Linda M English: Public private partnerships in Australia: an overview of their nature, purpose, incidence and oversight, 2006
• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu UK: Building Flexibility: New delivery models for public infrastructure projects, 2005 [PDF: 676 KB]
• Standard and Poors: Traffic forecasting risk study update 2005: Through ramp up and beyond, 2005 [PDF: 164 KB]
• Standard and Poors: Traffic Forecasting Risk: Study Update 2004 [PDF: 51 KB]
• Standard and Poors: Toll Road Forecasting Risk: Study Review & Update 2003 [PDF: 230 KB]
• Standard and Poors: Traffic forecasting risk: Study update 2003 [PDF: 61 KB]
• UK National Audit Office: PFI Construction Performance, 2003 [PDF: 1695 KB]
• UK HM Treasury: Review of Large Public Procurement The Mott McDonald Report, 2002
• Standard and Poors: Traffic risk in start-up toll facilities [PDF: 270 KB]

Water

• Report from the Regional Towns Water Quality and Security Review—Volume 1: Enhancing and sustaining the world's built, natural and social environments, October 2010 [PDF: 1942 KB]
• Report from the Regional Towns Water Quality and Security Review—Volume 2: Appendices, October 2010 [PDF: 1917 KB]
• Review of Urban Water Security Strategies, May 2010 [PDF: 1609 KB]