Improving Infrastructure Symposium

NSW Business Chamber held the Improving Infrastructure symposium on Wednesday 20 May 2009.

Key stakeholders from across NSW came together to discuss new ideas on how to fund new infrastructure, how to deliver it quickly and efficiently through the planning system, what areas of infrastructure needed to be addressed and how to secure how water and power over the long term.

Key points discussed at the symposium were:

• The importance of integrated State plans for transport, planning, water and energy.
  
  
• The necessity of public sector reform to encourage bold decision making and the adoption of the best possible practices.
  
  
• Maintaining and upgrading existing infrastructure is just as important as providing new infrastructure.
  
  
• The State’s capital budget must be consistent with forecast growth rates of New South Wales’ population and economy.
  
  
• The effectiveness of public-private partnerships hinges on risks being shared appropriately.

NSW Business Chamber video-recorded each of the discussions which will be posted on this website as well as reports and slideshows used by the key speakers.

Morning Session			Afternoon Session
Accessing funding: Supporting alternative models for financing infrastructure	Streamlining the planning system		Planes, trains and automobiles: Implementing a State-wide transport development strategy	Pipes and wires: Securing the State’s energy and water supplies

Improving Infrastructure Symposium Introduction

(1) Accessing funds: Supporting alternative models for financing infrastructure
Discussion Summary(291KB PDF)

Moderator: The Hon. Jim Longley, Senior Finance Executive, Commonwealth Bank

Panellist 1: Paul Forward, Principal, Evans & Peck
Towards a New Public Private Partnership Model Paper(400KB PDF)
Accessing funds presentation by Paul Forward(100KB PDF)

Panellist 2: John Shirbin, Partner, Clayton Utz
Accessing funds notes(100KB PDF)


Accessing Funding Summary

(2) Streamlining the planning system
Discussion Summary(46KB PDF)

Moderator: Brendan Bateman, Partner, Clayton Utz

Panellist 1: John Mant, Lawyer and Urban Planner
Streamlining the Planning System Speech(310KB PDF)

Panellist 2: Ken Morrison, NSW Executive Director, Property Council Australia
Streamlining the Planning System Presentation(160KB PDF)

 
Streamlining Planning Summary

(3) Planes, trains and automobiles: Implementing a State-wide transport development strategy
Discussion Summary(311KB PDF)

Moderator: Ian Pederson, Chair NSWBC Infrastructure Taskforce

Panellist 1: Dr. Garry Glazebrook, Senior Lecturer, School of the Built Environment, UTS
Improving Infrastructure Symposium Sydney Transport Plan Presentation(4MB PDF)
Designing a 30 Year Public Transport Plan for Sydney Main Report(4MB PDF)

Panellist 2: Scott Lennon, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
10 Point Transport Action Plan Presentation(220KB PDF)

 
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Summary

(4) Pipes and wires: Securing the State’s energy and water supplies
Discussion Summary(309KB PDF)

Moderator: Grenville Delfs, Director Business Development, Water Asia Pacific, Hatch Consulting

Panellist 1: Craig Chambers, Regional Market Executive – Energy, Parsons Brinkerhoff
Securing the State's Electricity speech(28KB PDF)

Panellist 2: Brett Tucker, Managing Director, Murrumbidgee Irrigation
Water Infrastructure Issues Presentation(2MB PDF)

 
 Pipes & Wires Summary

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