Why Australia will never build enough infrastructure

Tuesday 31 July 2018

Over the past week or so, we have witnessed several ‘authorities’ warn that Australia’s infrastructure is failing in the face of strong immigration-fuelled population growth.

First, we heard from outgoing Infrastructure Australia (IA) CEO, Philip Davies:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.