Speeches

Infrastructure Australia CEO Romilly Madew AO gave the keynote address at the second National Community Engagement for Infrastructure Forum, held in Sydney on Thursday, 22 August 2019. Her remarks focused on the Infrastructure Australia's agenda for community engagement and consultation around infrastructure projects, and highlighted the community-centred approach of the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019.

Infrastructure Australia CEO Romilly Madew AO gave a keynote speech at the Asset Management for Critical Infrastructure event in Sydney on Wednesday, 21 August 2019. Her remarks focused on the need for comprehensive resilience strategies, amid the unprecedented risks Australia’s infrastructure assets and networks face from changes in technology, a transitioning economy, evolving user preferences and climate change.

Infrastructure Australia Chair Julieanne Alroe addressed a CEDA Queensland luncheon in Brisbane on 2 July 2019. Her speech outlines Infrastructure Australia’s work in maintaining the Infrastructure Priority List, our role in supporting better business case development, and how this drives better performance across infrastructure planning and service delivery.

Infrastructure Australia Executive Director Adrian Dwyer presented at the NRMA Trends and Innovation Series on Funding and Financing in Sydney on 8 November 2017. His speech outlines the initiatives and projects of national significance to Australia’s continued prosperity. Mr Dwyer also discusses the importance of finding more sustainable and equitable ways of funding our national investment priorities and the need to rebalance our system towards a user pays funding model.

Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies addressed the Australian British Infrastructure Investment Catalyst conference in London on 26 September 2017. His speech outlines how in this time of rapid technological change and great opportunity, Australia's continued prosperity will depend in large part on a rethink of our approaches to infrastructure selection, procurement and regulation. Mr Davies compares Australia and the UKs energy, telecommunication transportation and water sectors, and discusses the key reform lessons from each jurisdiction.

Infrastructure Australia Executive Director of Policy and Research, Adrian Dwyer, addressed the Infrastructure Association of Queensland on 29 August 2017. His speech, Managing the Consultation Challenges of Road Reform, stresses that we cannot wait for a crisis before we act on road reform, and explains why early and meaningful engagement with the community on road reform will avoid funding crisis before action is taken.

Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies addressed the Australasian Railway Association—Rail Freight Conference on 17 August 2017. His speech outlines the substantial growth in the national freight task over the coming decades and the opportunities presented by the booming economies of China and South-East Asia. He also discusses the importance of a wider national and international, freight and supply market perspective and the need to move away from short to medium term thinking. In addition, Mr Davies outlines the benefits of a national freight strategy, scenario planning and the value in extracting great efficiency from our current road and rail networks.

Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies addressed a CEDA Trustee Dinner in Perth on 7 June 2017. His speech outlines Infrastructure Australia’s investment and reform priorities and explains how transitioning towards a user or beneficiary pays model could help fund Western Australian’s future infrastructure needs.

Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies addressed the 2017 Roads Australia Summit in Sydney on 1 June 2017. His speech, Transport reform: the national opportunity in front of us, explains why in the context of constrained government budgets

In his address to the 2017 ITS National Electronic Tolling Forum, Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies discusses the transport reform priorities outlined in the 15-year Australian Infrastructure Plan. He discusses the benefits of moving to a fairer approach to road charging where the revenue raised from road users is put back into funding transport infrastructure, as well as the need to invest in data collection and analytics to make better use of existing infrastructure.