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This paper outlines the potential benefits of transferring publicly held infrastructure to the private sector so that governments facing budgetary constraints can use the net proceeds to finance new infrastructure and overcome the infrastructure deficit in Australia.

Progress and Action is Infrastructure Australia's fourth annual report to the Council of Australian Governments. It presents current opportunities and challenges and recommends reforms in key areas of transport, water, energy and telecommunications. It also contains the infrastructure report card 2011–12 and the 2012 Infrastructure Priority List.

This report by the Infrastructure Finance Working Group considers and builds on its 2011 issues paper, which sought to identify barriers to attracting infrastructure finance and develop options to encourage greater private sector investment.

This report by National Infrastructure Coordinator was prepared to advise the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport on private financing options for upgrading the M5 East motorway and developing a new F3–M2 link in Sydney.

This issues paper released by the Infrastructure Finance Working Group aims to identify barriers to attracting infrastructure finance and develop options to encourage greater private sector investment.

Infrastructure Australia's report to the Council of Australian Governments, Communicating the Imperative for Action, outlines the areas that Infrastructure Australia will focus its efforts in over four-year period following the release of the report. The report discusses issues affecting cities, water, energy, freight, broadband and Indigenous infrastructure.

This study presents a high-level analysis of the evidence on Australian and international infrastructure construction costs. Available data was examined to see if the increase in infrastructure construction costs is higher than the general level of inflation and, if so, whether a similar trend has occurred in comparable countries.

This article by infrastructure investment analyst Robert Bain suggests that we may need to reassess the credit quality of UK public–private partnerships.

This report of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee of the Parliament of Victoria examines private investment in public infrastructure, particularly public–private partnerships (PPPs) under the Partnerships Victoria policy.

This report by the New South Wales Auditor General presents the results of a 2006 audit of the New Schools Privately Financed Project.