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Infrastructure Association of Queensland

Wednesday, October 20

On your marks: the $50b infrastructure blueprint that will carry us to the Olympics

The Palaszczuk Government’s will today unveil a $52 billion blueprint for providing the transport, energy and other infrastructure to help set south-east Queensland on the road to the 2032 Olympics.

Garnaut: Queensland's role as a renewables superpower starting to take shape

Queensland needed to build a “rhombus of reliability” in renewable power generation and transmission in the central and northern parts of the state to support its competitive economic advantage in a zero emissions world, a major infrastructure conference has been told.

Prominent economist Ross Garnaut pictured at Barcaldine which he sees as integral to meeting Australia's future solar energy needs.

Pandemic and Olympics the hot topics at flagship infrastructure event

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenge of preparing for and delivering the 2032 Olympic Games are set to be major topics for debate at a high-level infrastructure conference beginning in Brisbane tomorrow.

Our vision splendid: Why building big things gets more complicated by the day

Infrastructure Australia’s just published 2021 Australian National Infrastructure Plan comes in at 648 pages and highlights just how much more challenging it is to build major projects the right way these days, writes Robert MacDonald.