The piece discusses the government's shift of infrastructure oversight to an independent commission to improve decision-making, citing decades of cost overruns and poor project outcomes, while also addressing political dynamics around party alliances and election strategy.
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Well, with ministers, that's exactly what ministers need when it comes to making investment decisions. I mean, I'm a minister of infrastructure and the cabinet sits there and we're asked to sign off on billions of dollars of expertise. And frankly, we are all frustrated that we don't have the right information to make these really, really significant decisions on behalf of taxpayers. And that's been built up over many governments. It's not a party political thing. The system sucks, basically, and we are determined or I am determined. to fix it so that as Minister of Infrastructure, when I make an investment decision about a new school or a road or a hospital, we are making it with the best available evidence as to whether or not something is a good investment, good value for money or whether or not something is a bad investment and ultimately will be held accountable for those decisions. But it's difficult to have that accountability unless we've got the right information and that's not what we have at the moment.
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systemic lack of data undermines ministerial trust
Chris Bishop: Infrastructure Minister on infrastructure projects getting moved to the independent Infrastructure CommissionSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
