1. 2016 National Infrastructure and Asset Management Conference
June 2016

2. Sometimes……………
we can’t see the wood for the trees.

3. 1. Context Not business as usual LG funding reduction
Federal Government: decades of deficits
Rate capping
Demonstrate efficiency
Gain community endorsement
Increased scrutiny of LG: reporting
Digital Transformation: joined up government: single view of government by citizens: need for interoperability
= pressure on Local Government to innovate and collaborate
each Council ‘doing its own thing’ will not continue: need for common approach to planning & decision-making

4. Rate Capping Impact Forecast Max Rate Increase (16/17) (17/18) (18/19)
(16/17) (17/18) (18/19)
3.05% % %
Assumption: Rate increases 5% pa - Rate cap 3.05%, 2.85%, 2.80%, 2.75%..
Impact: Year 4 – 9% reduction
Year 10 – 21% reduction
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5. Closing the gap
LoS B A

6. New Freight productivity is major national priority
Infrastructure Australia: 15 year National Infrastructure Plan (2016)
Freight productivity is major national priority
First and last kilometre issues are critical
Freight: : from low to high focus in LG
2016: election year
ALGA election platform: The creation in of a Strategic Regional Roads Program.
The permanent doubling of Roads to Recovery funding
via continued proportion of fuel excise indexation revenue

7. Implications for LG LG form regional Road Groups for LRRS
Road users determine LoS (user pays)
Link mtce and new investment
Have autonomy
Transparent processes (direct user involvement/input and decision-making)
Consistent process to determine priorities
Regional road asset registers (ARRB) and condition vs service levels (Not condition of road: have we got the right road?)
Road usage data (demand forecasting)
Regional HV expenditure plans (consistent)
Industry pay for HV access

8. 2016/17
Data Standard for Road Management and Investment in Australia and NZ (developed by Austroads)
Regional road data storage (consistent)
Councils will be asked by AustRoads to forward LRRS road data on a regional basis by Q1 2017: funding to be available

9. The new dollars are coming……
……and it looks like this:
Regional priorities identified and ranked by
Improvement in freight productivity
supported by
Industry and logistics users
Councils are the asset managers but need to partner with users to make good decisions and win the resources (industry planning, corridor planning).
(The old days of silo planning will very soon be gone)