Set out below are ANAO's recommendations and Infrastructure Australia's responses. As applicable, more detailed responses are shown in the body of the report immediately after each recommendation.
ANAO recommends that Infrastructure Australia promote greater transparency over the development of future Infrastructure Priority Lists by maintaining records that clearly outline when decisions are taken to include projects on the List, and the reasons for their inclusion. Infrastructure Australia response: Agreed | |
In light of the important role Infrastructure Australia seeks to play in promoting best practic6e infrastructure planning and decision‐making, ANAO recommends that future prioritisation processes include information in the published guidance on the different criteria that will be applied to discriminate between priority projects that are ready to proceed and those that exhibit potential but require further development before being considered for possible funding. Infrastructure Australia response: Agreed | |
ANAO recommends that Infrastructure Australia, where reporting the results of future infrastructure project prioritisation processes, provide clear advice on: (a) the relative priority of projects recommended for funding consideration having regard to the results of its appraisal of their economic merits and other factors taken into account in the prioritisation process; (b) the level and form of Commonwealth funding it recommends for priority projects that are ready to proceed, together with any conditions it suggests should be attached to this funding; and (c) any other projects it would support being considered for planning and/or design work funding. Infrastructure Australia response: Agreed to part (a) and (c) and agreed with qualification with part (b). |