Infrastructure Australia's role, as the Australian Government's independent infrastructure advisor, is to enable action from others to deliver lasting reform.
Infrastructure Australia is committed to working in partnership with reform advocates across government, industry and the community to support the outcomes set out in the 2021 Plan.
Key activities for Infrastructure Australia include:
• Collaboration and strategic support for the adoption of the reforms proposed in the 2021 Plan.
• Coordination of working groups for individual reforms or across themes, allowing the sharing of best practice.
• Linking like-minded Jurisdictions, departments, agencies and industry.
• Provision or co-development of tools and frameworks - including our newly developed multi-criteria analysis and theory of change guidance.
• Advocacy and education on the vision for reform, its benefits and trade-offs, as well as enabling actions.
• Regular, ongoing publishing of presentations, reports and support material3
• Development and release of data to build the evidence base for decision making4
• Progress reporting, leveraging the indicators and metrics contained within the 2021 Plan.
The 2021 Plan also identifies 4 outcomes and 28 activities for which Infrastructure Australia is best placed to steward or deliver reform. These areas will serve as priorities for the organisation over the years ahead.
Infrastructure Australia's ongoing role in the implementation program will be determined by the Australian Government's response to the 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan and the availability of resources to support change. To encourage alignment, Infrastructure Australia will support the development of the Australian Government's response, where required.
Infrastructure Australia will also support change within industry and the community. This will involve continuing to press for awareness of the challenges and opportunities identified by the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit as well as the Infrastructure Beyond COVID-19 report and presenting the case for the adoption of the best practice reform identified by the 2021 Plan.