Federal Government could save $2 billion by tackling the real crisis in construction
The latest in a series of reports on the crisis in our construction industry ‘Solving the National Construction Crisis’ identifies billions in savings from three key recommendations which the Federal Government could adopt tomorrow. The blueprint for reform includes forcing jurisdictions to demonstrate informed purchaser capacity in delivery of projects and making federal funding contingent on jurisdictions having an appropriate pre-qualification regime which accounts for past performance against safety, worker’s entitlements, wages and previous delivery success.
The full report, ‘Solving the National Construction Crisis’ can be found below.
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Australia’s infrastructure investment is at an all-time high with an estimated $288 billion in the pipeline over the coming decade.
Despite this enormous escalation in expenditure of taxpayers’ resources, State and Federal Governments across Australia remain uninformed and ideological purchasers of infrastructure and services leading to extraordinary economic waste and delay. When it comes to delivering infrastructure, Australian governments have become bad customers. Research conducted by Equity Economics estimates that this has cost Australian taxpayers $10.8 billion over the last ten years and may cost an additional $5.0 billion over the coming three, and that “this is a direct result of state, territory and Commonwealth Governments not retaining adequate expertise in the procurement of infrastructure projects”.
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Australia’s construction industry has reached crisis point. From cracking apartment buildings to massive cost overruns in public infrastructure, there is not one part of the sector that isn’t failing in some way.
Read the report here
Click here to take action to end the National Crisis in Construction