Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee

On 26 November the Senate referred an inquiry into the financial support for state and territory infrastructure projects to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 March 2026.

This submission addresses the design, assessment and oversight of Commonwealth infrastructure funding with a particular focus on delivery capacity, sequencing and enabling infrastructure.

Current funding and assessment arrangements insufficiently account for construction market capacity and the role of enabling infrastructure in unlocking housing supply. As a result, public investment is frequently delivered late, at higher cost, and with diminished economic and housing outcomes.