The newly elected NSW Government has wasted little time
introducing its foreshadowed infrastructure reforms. On 27 June
2011, the Infrastructure NSW Act 2011 (NSW) (the
Act) received assent and commences upon proclamation. The
Act is aimed at streamlining the way New South Wales deals with
major infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure NSW
The central feature of the Act is the creation of a new state
body called 'Infrastructure NSW', which the Premier has
described as 'innovative, groundbreaking and a new body to
sharpen NSW's competitive edge to achieve economic growth
through strategic economic investment'.
Board
Infrastructure NSW is designed to take the politics out of
infrastructure decision-making and will have a chairperson and an
expert board that is made up of five persons from the private
sector, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Infrastructure NSW and the Director-Generals of the Department of
Premier and Cabinet, Trade, Investment, Regional
