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both state and federal. So we
would be liaising with the govern-
ment on a regular basis in terms
of assisting them get projects
to market in sensible ways, but
more impor tantly we do a lot of
work with governments with re-
gard to the overall framework
of decision making and with re-
gard to public infrastructure.
The two key elements are
governance – the governance
around the decision making
in that which projects get built,
which projects pack up in a cost
benefit analysis approach and
how to look at a broader cost
benefit analysis process, so we
help governments to implement
the right decision. We maintain
pressure on governments to have
good governance procedures
so that we are not serving just
political cherry picking of proj-
ects, but we are seeing projects
which are well thought out, well
designed, well implemented and
in the interest of the Austra-
lian economy and community.
So that is the governance side
of things and the second par t
of course is the elephant in the
room. With the best interest in
the world we cannot build anything
if we do not have the money to pay
for it. So we do a lot of lobby-
ing with governments in
terms of the range of
project financing and
funding measures
that they need to
consider to en-
gage the pri-
vate
sector
a lot more in
infrastructure
financing and we
suggest a range of
ways of getting better
funding and the financing
mechanism for that, so that
we can build what we need to
have – a productive economy.”
The future
Consult Australia is providing ser-
vices to its members to enable
them to conduct their business
in a professional and profitable
manner. The association has been
highly successful in improving
the business environment for its