Second Reading Speeches

Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Cost Benefit Analysis and Other Measures) Bill 2014

Type
Government
Portfolio
Infrastructure and Regional Development
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
to: clarify the definition of ‘proposal’; include the requirement that Infrastructure Australia undertake evaluations of infrastructure proposals that involve Commonwealth funding of at least $100 million and provide for indexation of this amount; move incorrectly placed provisions in relation to cost benefit analyses of proposals; and provide that a proposal must not be included in an Infrastructure Priority List unless a cost benefit analysis has been prepared in accordance with the approved method.

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