Infrastructure has a role to play in supporting more productive, sustainable and livable communities. This requires a coordinated and accountable approach to cities, incorporating more innovative financing mechanisms for infrastructure and a broadened role for Infrastructure Australia supported by the development and measurement of our cities’ performance through clear indicators.

A framework to improve the resilience of the built environment in the face of climate change is essential to the consideration of whole-of-life costs of infrastructure, and government should work with industry to develop this framework.

Read ASBEC Submission To Productivity Commission Inquiry on Public Infrastructure.