The IAQ Podcast

Steve Abson is the CEO of Infrastructure Association of Queensland (IAQ). In his opening address at the IAQ Annual Queensland Infrastructure Summit, he discusses how IAQ has been working with industry state wide to help the continued growth of infrastructure in Queensland. There are four main themes at the 2017 Summit;  social license, infrastructure funding reform, regional investment, unleashing the private sector. 

Kirsty O'Connel and Sarah Bice discuss their findings and give a brief summary of the Next Generation Engagement Project and what it means for the Australian infrastructure industry.

Recent research in nation wide infrastructure shows that Australia is currently in a boom but long term commonwealth funding will be needed to ensure that it does not become a bubble. The Honourable Paul Fletcher MP, is the Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and he discusses what the future Australia will look like and how a combination of State, Federal, and Private investment will be needed to ensure that future is sustainable.

The Honourable Jackie Trad MP is the Deputy Premier of Queensland and Minister for Transport and Minsiter for Infrastructure and Planning. Under her leadership, the State Infrastructure Plan has flourished with leaps forward being made across most sectors. Jackie Trad MP discusses what the future of Queensland will look like and how infrastructure will help shape that future.

Sunwater is a bulk water infrastructure developer and manager that owns $13 billion dollars of water infrastructure  assets and supply 40% of all water used commercially in Queensland. They support the mining, power, and irrigated agricultural industries in Queensland. Alex Fisher is the Executive General Manager of Asset Strategy and Delivery and she discusses Sunwater's plan  for the Forward Capital program.

Marrion Tirrell is from the Grattan Institute and  is a leading policy analyst. She plays an important role in contributing her keen intellect into the issues of funding the right projects at the right time to maintain confidence in the government. She discusses where the Commonwealth Government has been funding infrastructure projects and how that benefits the different areas of Australia.

A panel of experts discusses overcoming public barriers to funding reforms. The panel is moderated by Helen Hutchings (Head of Marketing and Engagement at Phillips Group), Brendan Lyon (CEO of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia), John Scales (Managing director of JWS Research), Kirstie O'Connell (Project Director of Next Gen Engagement Project) graeme Netwon (CEO of the Cross River Rail Project).

An expert panel discusses the benefits of regional investment in Queensland. Tasman Graham from Advisian moderates the panel, consisting of John Cotter (Managing Director of Initiative Capital), Amanda Copping (Executive Director of Origination for NAIF), Damian Gould (CEO of Building Queensland),  and Marion Terrill (Grattan Institute).

NAIF is a long term intiative into developing Northern Australia and offers up to $5 billion over 5 years to encourage and compliment private sector investment opportunities into infrastructure that benefits Northern Australia. Amanda Kopping is the Executive Director of Origination from NAIF and she discusses how investments in northern and regional Queensland will benefit all of the public.

Adrian Dwyer is the Executive Director of Ploicy and Research at Infrastructure Australia. In this episode he discusses about how fuel excess isn't covering the costs of road maintenance anymore and we need to reform the current policies to reflect the changes in road technology.

Jackson Ross is the General Manager for New South Wales  at TransUrban. In this episode, Jackson discusses developing the next generation of transport infrastructure in Australia.