Government operation should National Freight should play a be avoided; and Supply Chain stronger role Strategy, urban A material in driving rail plans, a data increase in reform. collection and private and public dissemination funding is plan and a road required to meet user charging requirements and study. productivity; Funding pools for transport should be consolidated into a transparent Infrastructure Fund; Increase funding in projects and technologies that make better use of existing infrastructure; Operators should generate, collect and use data to drive productivity. Connectivity Australian Data on real-time The Australian has generally operation, use Government high quality and performance supported these infrastructure of transport recommendations, and services, networks should noting that it will but there is be made collaborate with scope to do available to the state and territory better; private sector; governments, as network First and last Deliver a National operators, on data mile issues, Freight and availability bottlenecks Supply and Strategy; pinchpoints in Establish targeted Australia’s investment key freight focused on routes need removing first and to be last mile addressed. constraints across the freight network.
Government should play a stronger role in driving reform. operation should be avoided; A material increase in private and public funding is required to meet requirements and productivity; Funding pools for transport should be consolidated into a transparent Infrastructure Fund; Increase funding in projects and technologies that make better use of existing infrastructure; Operators should generate, collect and use data to drive productivity. National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, urban rail plans, a data collection and dissemination plan and a road user charging study. Connectivity Australian has generally high quality infrastructure and services, but there is scope to do better; First and last mile issues, bottlenecks and pinchpoints in Australia’s key freight routes need to be addressed. Data on real-time operation, use and performance of transport networks should be made available to the private sector; Deliver a National Freight and Supply Strategy; Establish targeted investment focused on removing first and last mile constraints across the freight network. The Australian Government supported these recommendations, noting that it will collaborate with state and territory governments, as network operators, on data availability