Key Points:
The National Land Freight Strategy Discussion Paper sets
out five priorities for the future of freight and infrastructure in
Australia.
That a more efficient, integrated and national network of
freight infrastructure would be a positive contributor to
Australia's economic growth and way of life is, with hardly a
moment's thought, obvious.
The right strategy, including the right mix and priority of
capital investment and policy reforms, directed towards achieving
that outcome is somewhat less obvious.
What should be agreed by all is the need to develop and
continuously define the strategy, and to engage in the debates
about how to pay for it – and who should pay for it.
Infrastructure Australia's draft strategy for the development
of an integrated national land freight network,
"National Land Freight Strategy Discussion Paper",
should act as a catalyst in this process.
