Corridor Protection: Planning and investing for the long term is the third paper of Infrastructure Australia’s Reform Series advising Australian governments to take urgent action in the next five years to protect vital infrastructure corridors,

Infrastructure Australia has recommended fundamental changes to the way we plan, fund, deliver and use our infrastructure, which will result in the average Australian household being almost $3000 better off each year by 2040.

Infrastructure Australia, the nation’s independent infrastructure advisor, has launched a new policy paper compelling Australian governments to act to protect vital infrastructure corridors and avoid cost overruns, delays and community disruption when delivering new infrastructure.

To get infrastructure planning and delivery right, you must have a long-term focus. There could be no better example of this than when it comes to protecting the corridors Australia needs to provide future railways, roads and utility networks.

This speech was given by CEO Philip Davies at the Australian Logistics Council Forum 2016 on 8 March 2016.

A new Infrastructure Australia board has been announced as the authority transitions to an independent statutory body.

Acknowledging that public transport is the responsibility of state and territory governments, he argues that there is an important role for the Federal Government to play in encouraging these governments to embark upon public transport reform under the Customer Focused Franchising model.

Growing communities on the outskirts of our major cities are being left behind by a lack of access to public transport, according to a new report from Infrastructure Australia, the nation’s independent infrastructure advisor.

Infrastructure Australia is committed to ensuring that decisions on infrastructure funding and reform are based on independent, evidence-based advice. We want to make our advice as accessible as possible to all Australians – be they community members, those responsible for developing project business cases, or infrastructure decision-makers.

Anna Chau, Infrastructure Australia Acting Chief Executive, spoke at the Future Freight: Embracing Change Conference in Adelaide, 31 October 2018, hosted by South Australian Freight Council and ICHCA Australia. She discussed the growing freight task in Australia and how to evolve our national supply chains and infrastructure to support both our economic productivity and quality of life.