New data from Infrastructure Australia shows that subjecting the operation of Australia’s government-operated bus and rail services to competitive tender processes could save Australian taxpayers up to $15.5 billion by 2040, money which could be reinvested into new transport services.

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.

This speech was given by Chairman Mark Birrell at the AusRail 2015 Conference and Exhibition on 24 November 2015. The Chairman addressed the issue of establishing an infrastructure pipeline for the future growth of Australian rail. IA's Australian Infrastructure Audit showed how the demands of growth will have a profound effect on Australia's productivity and liveability. Mark outlined IA's proposed reform and investment response to these issues, to be contained in the 15 year Australian Infrastructure Plan.

Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has updated its Infrastructure Priority List to include four additional projects that address Australia's current infrastructure gaps and meet the challenges of the future.