Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the 2024-25 Federal Budget on Tuesday evening, announcing a $9.3 billion surplus and a raft of new spending measures. Alleviating cost of living pressures, addressing housing affordability and supporting a future made in Australia were …
The 2024-25 Budget includes funding for a range of initiatives relevant to decarbonising the nation’s infrastructure sector. To implement the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, the Australian Government will provide $154.5 million over six years from 2023–24 (and $12.6 million per …
This year’s Budget includes significant investment in building Australia’s future workforce, including $1.1 billion to implement reforms for the tertiary education sector recommended in the Universities Accord. The reforms aim to drive higher levels of attainment, broaden access and support …
The Budget delivers on commitments made by the Australian Government to significantly increase funding for road safety initiatives following recommendations in the Infrastructure Investment Program Strategic Review (IIP Review), published in November last year. The IIP Review recommended an increase …
The Budget provides $16.5 billion over 10 years from 2024–25 and $9.5 billion over the forward estimates for new and existing transport projects. Most of the funding ($10.1 billion) was directed towards existing projects in the Infrastructure Investment Program …
Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Catherine King, has announced that funding will be included in the upcoming 2024-25 Federal Budget for new road and rail projects in an address to Roads Australia’s Transforming Transport Summit. Following the Commonwealth’s Infrastructure …
RA has provided a submission to the Federal Government ahead of the 2023-24 Federal Budget, which will be delivered in early May. The submission was developed with input from members of RA’s Policy Stream Expert Panels and suggestions received by …
May 8, 2018 – Tonight’s Federal Budget has a welcome focus on transport infrastructure spending.