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Infrastructure Australia regularly updates our stakeholders across governments, industry and the community through newsletters, media releases, speeches and presentations.
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Speech
Peter Colacino, Executive Director Policy & Research at Infrastructure Australia, spoke at the National Growth Areas Alliance's National Congress. He discussed three key infrastructure challenges our cities are facing as they grow, and how we can ensure they remain liveable with the support of the right infrastructure.
Newsletter
As Australia’s preparedness for our upcoming population growth continues to be the subject of debate, Infrastructure Australia remains focused on delivering better infrastructure outcomes for all Australians.
Media Releases
Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has called on Australia's governments to renew their commitment to infrastructure reform in a new report on what has been achieved since the release of the Australian Infrastructure Plan in February 2016.
Speech
Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Officer Philip Davies, speaking at the CEDA State of the Nation, launched Prioritising Reform: Progress on the 2016 Australian Infrastructure Plan, a report on what has been achieved since the release of the Australian Infrastructure Plan in February 2016. In his last major address as the organisation’s Chief Executive, Mr Davies called on Australia's governments to renew their commitment to infrastructure reform.
Speech
Infrastructure Australia Chair Julieanne Alroe, spoke at the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) Leaders' Luncheon on 15 June 2018 with Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic) of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Ms Alroe discussed the findings of the Making Reform Happen advisory paper, on how to implement an incentive-based funding approach to infrastructure reform.
Media Releases
New economic modelling released by Infrastructure Australia shows that introducing incentive payments to encourage the states and territories to progress nation-shaping infrastructure reforms could boost the economy by $66 billion and deliver better infrastructure for our growing cities and regions.
Speech
Infrastructure Australia Chair Julieanne Alroe, speaking at the AFR National Infrastructure Summit, launched a new paper, Making Reform Happen: Using incentives to drive a new era of infrastructure reform on 4 June 2018. In her speech, Ms Alroe called on the Australian Government to implement a new incentive-based funding approach to drive nationally significant infrastructure reform.
Newsletter
There has been a lot of public discussion in the media this week about Australia's population growth and how much growth our cities can handle. Public debate about important national issues is healthy, but our view at Infrastructure Australia is that we need to be talking about how we grow, not how much we grow.
Newsletter
In 2017, we have seen positive changes including government commitments on important issues such as developing a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy and increasing investment in planning and project development work.
Speech
Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies launched the latest paper in Infrastructure Australia’s Reform Series, Reforming Urban Water: A national pathway for change. His speech outlines a series of recommendations to governments, which establish a clear pathway to reforming the urban water sector. The paper calls on Australian governments to get on with the job of bringing urban water policy, regulation and governance up to speed so that it can meet the changing needs of Australians in the twenty-first century.