Australia’s infrastructure delivery system is busted beyond repair

Tuesday 21 May 2019

Last weekend’s Federal Election offered another reminder of why Australia’s infrastructure delivery system is busted and badly ill-equipped to keep pace with the federal government’s mass immigration ‘Big Australia’ policy.

In the wake of the Coalition’s re-election, the Morrison Government and Victoria’s Andrews Government are locked in a heated battle over infrastructure, arguing over politically motivated projects that have never passed expert assessment and represent potentially huge wastes of taxpayer’s money. From The ABC:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.