Media Releases

Infrastructure Australia’s Board has appointed Mr Adam Copp as Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday 1 August 2022, following Romilly Madew leaving as CEO from the end of July.

The June 2022 update publishes proposals at various stages of development that are not yet fully funded, including 25 new Early-stage proposals (Stage 1), three new Potential investment options (Stage 2) and two new Investment-ready proposals (Stage 3).

Infrastructure Australia Chair Col Murray announced today that Infrastructure Australia’s Chief Executive, Romilly Madew AO FTSE, will depart at the end of July, after almost three and a half years as Chief Executive, to take up the role of Chief Executive of Engineers Australia.

With the recent announcement of the Federal Election and the activation of the caretaker period, we have extended the submission deadlines for both our Regional Strengths and Infrastructure Gaps research and Delivering Outcomes report to Friday 27 May 2022.

The Deputy Prime Minister provided a revised Statement of Expectations (SOE) to Infrastructure Australia on 2 March 2022. Mr Rod Hook’s term on Infrastructure Australia’s Board concludes on 30 March 2022.

Our analysis of infrastructure announcements to date ahead of tonight’s Federal Budget show that Infrastructure Australia has engaged with proponents on 81% of proposals over $250 million.

Infrastructure Australia has today published Delivering Outcomes, an industry reform roadmap to address the long-term challenges facing Australia’s infrastructure sector, including poor productivity, the increasing number of insolvencies and cost overruns and delays in the delivery of major projects.

Communities in Regional Australia should harness their strengths and identify priority areas for future planning to shape their economic transformation, according to the Regional Strengths and Infrastructure Gaps report released by Infrastructure Australia today

The Australian Government has appointed Cr Colin Murray as the new Chair of the independent Infrastructure Australia Board. Cr Murray is joined by Vicki Meyer, Cr Vonette Mead, Amanda Cooper, Dr Vanessa Guthrie AO, Elizabeth Schmidt and Robert Moffat who have also been appointed as Directors of Infrastructure Australia’s Board.

If you missed the virtual launch of the 2021 Infrastructure Market Capacity report on 13 October, it is now available for on-demand viewing. Watch the virtual launch here