Several industry groups have laid out their list of demands to help set the national agenda for transport and infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure and transport groups will push the Albanese government to strengthen the Commonwealth’s infrastructure advisor, boost productivity, increase skilled migration caps and make the nation’s road and rail networks more resilient.
“Restoring Infrastructure Australia [IA] to its proper place in infrastructure decision-making needs to be central to this agenda.”government would conduct an independent reviewThe new government needed to be clear about its objectives for infrastructure projects and stop taxpayer dollars “leaking throughIPA also wants a national plan to reach net zero carbon emissions, a strategy to boost domestic skills and a visa targeted at foreign infrastructure workers.
Australian Constructors Association chief executive Jon Davies said boosting productivity should be the government’s top priority.“In the face of critical workforce shortages, both government and industry need to work together to deliver the project pipeline with less,” Mr Davies said. “The new infrastructure minister would be doing the new treasurer a favour as FAIR could lead to productivity savings of $15 billion per year.”
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