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Deloitte Partner Luke Houghton discusses the findings of Global Infrastructure Hub's InfraCompass 2020 report, which highlights the ways in which Australia can reduce the barriers to investment, improve performance and encourage greater investment in quality infrastructure. He says that while Australia is among the world leaders on indicators such as planning and transparent public procurement, we should take steps to reduce investment uncertainty to improve our performance.
Luke Houghton is the National Transport Sector Lead Partner, the National Lead Partner Transport and Infrastructure and the Asia Pacific Lead Partner Infrastructure and Capital Projects for Deloitte. He has over twenty years consulting experience with major transport, finance, strategy, infrastructure and contestability projects. This has included extensive experience in structuring project financing across a range of industries and procurement models.
It’s been more than a year since the Federal Government’s Housing Accord was announced, and while the housing crisis worsens, we are none the wiser on what a “well-located home”, as set out in the accord, actually is. Clearly and publicly defining “well-located” housing will be a key step to help us achieve the lofty task of building 1.2 million new homes, writes CEDA Economist James Brooks.
Read more Opinion article December 13, 2023Government and industry need a flexible approach to electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to ensure EV adoption does not increase costs unnecessarily. Corporations and governments have a responsibility to get the balance right to ensure EV adoption is a part of a just transition, considering access and affordability.
Ahead of the release of the 2021 Infrastructure Priority List, Infrastructure Australia CEO Romilly Madew AO discusses how COVID-19 has affected Australia’s infrastructure needs and highlights five trends shaping our infrastructure future.