Infrastructure Partnerships Australia has called for the Productivity Commission to develop a more accurate method to track performance of Australia’s major cities; and calling on all three levels of government to integrate the way they plan, regulate and operate metropolitan infrastructure.

 

“Australia’s governments invest tens of billions in urban Australia each year, yet we don’t objectively track the effectiveness of this spend,” said IPA Chief Executive, Brendan Lyon.

 

“That’s why our report calls for the Productivity Commission to be tasked with delivering a dashboard of performance indicators, so that everyone can see performance improvements in our cities over time.

 

“A dashboard that measures city-wide economic and social indicators as well as sector specific indicators such as congestion on road networks, will allow governments and the public to continuously track the performance of cities and the degree of success in fixing urban Australia.”