Social service delivery agencies operate within finite budgets. Funding their core services takes priority over funding to enable wider asset use.
To drive collaborative planning and cross-agency initiatives, including infrastructure sharing or co-location, there must be appropriate incentives to allow third parties to use assets.
Simplifying processes to enable access, support revenue collection and allow the revenue to be kept locally will all play a part.
The Australian Government and state and territory governments should review the processes used to allocate funding, rewarding demonstrable collaboration by prioritising projects that enable it when they make funding decisions.