Bill
National Land Transport Act Amendment (Better Value for Taxpayers) Bill 2025
lapsed, as at 2025-03-28.
- Sponsor
- Allegra Spender
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-02-10
- second reading — 2025-02-10
- other — 2025-03-28
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-02-10.
The bill would require the Federal Government to publish more information about how it chooses and manages large land transport projects.
It would mandate a long-term national transport plan, public release of business cases for large projects, and published reviews of completed projects.
The government has committed $120 billion to infrastructure over ten years, but reviews found $32 billion in cost pressures and a lack of transparency in project selection.
- The bill would require the government to create and release a periodic national land transport plan that details priorities and investment assumptions.
- It would make all business cases for federally funded projects above an unspecified threshold publicly available.
- It would require the government to carry out and publish post-completion reviews for projects over a certain cost and time threshold.
The Federal Government and taxpayers are affected by the bill.
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