Roger Partridge: A plan that isn’t really a plan

A plan typically answers straightforward questions: what is needed, what should be done first, and why.

This month, Ministers will receive the Infrastructure Commission’s 30-year National Infrastructure Plan. It will not answer those questions – although not because the Commission has failed. It will have done exactly what it was tasked with doing.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 5/11/24

Govt to spend $2m on a maths teaching pilot (and pupils might learn that 2 + 2 is not as culturally obvious as it seems)

Whatever the government is doing, we will be paying, but only one minister today has given us an idea of what is being – or will be – spent.

Mind you, Ministers much prefer to boast about their investing rather than their spending.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 28/8/24

Bishop outlines challenges for new National Infrastructure Agency while Collins names woman as Army chief

Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop announced plans for the establishment later this year of the National Infrastructure Agency, unlocking access to more capital for infrastructure and strengthening the Government’s private finance and commercial capability, when he addressed the Building Nations 2024 conference.

He also informed his audience about the National Infrastructure Plan.