Key session at annual conference will discuss how to meet Australia’s infrastructure challenge.
Leaders from government agencies will converge in Melbourne next month to look at how infrastructure investment can be used to lift supply chain productivity.
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) says its annual conference will tackle head-on the steps needed to meet Australia’s national infrastructure challenge.
A session on this topic will be held on March 11 and include representatives from Infrastructure Australia, the Productivity Commission, the federal Department of Infrastructure and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
“The infrastructure session will undoubtedly set the tone for the following two days of discussion and debate at the ALC Forum, with senior decision makers discussing how strategic infrastructure investment and reform can support improved supply chain efficiency,” ALC managing director Michael Kilgariff says.
“Industry and government experts will discuss how critical logistics infrastructure may be financed in the future, and how government selects, prioritises and delivers key infrastructure projects.”
Kilgariff says key topics to be discussed include asset recycling, road pricing and what Australia needs to do to meet an expected growth in the freight task.
“The Forum’s opening panel session is well timed, with debate gathering pace regarding asset privatisation, cost benefit analyses and the need for government transparency when it comes to major infrastructure projects,” he says.
Kilgariff says another session scheduled for March 12 will involve industry experts discussing asset recycling and private ownership of key logistics assets.
The ALC Forum will run from March 11 to March 12 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.