Infrastructure funding
Policy report
Australia's infrastructure system: policy settings to improve the lives of all Australians
This paper sets out goals, markers of success and key components of Australia’s infrastructure system, to help discussions between public and private partners on how to jointly improve outcomes for Australians.
Discussion paper
The transit transformation Australia needs
This paper argues that a significant program of work is required to educate planners and policy makers on the nature, evidence, techniques, and usage of important emerging infrastructure funding mechanisms that will unlock the future cities we all want to live in.
Policy report
The Belt and Road Initiative: motivations, financing, expansion and challenges of Xi's ever-expanding strategy
This paper argues that with more objectives added since its inception in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has evolved into a much more expansive grand strategy that includes a package of themes and goals.
Report
Australia’s infrastructure innovation imperative
This report argues that Australia faces new infrastructure challenges, as population growth, urbanisation and technology disruptions create the need for a step-change in infrastructure prioritisation, design and productivity.
Report
Social housing as infrastructure: rationale, prioritisation and investment pathway
This research modelled ways to best finance and fund social housing, revealing that a capital investment strategy, supplemented by efficient financing, is substantially more cost-effective than a commercially-financed model reliant on an operating subsidy.