Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) is an industry body representing Australia’s infrastructure industry. Infrastructure Partnerships Australia was launched in 2005 by then

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Premier

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, and in Victoria by then Treasurer

John Brumby John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier ...

, drawing together senior public and private sector Chief Executives in infrastructure businesses. The Australian Council for Infrastructure Development (AusCID) amalgamated with Infrastructure Partnerships Australia in September 2006. Partnerships Australia website Infrastructure Partnerships Australia aspires to inform the public policy debate around solutions to Australia's infrastructure challenges, initially focussed largely on the development of privately financed procurement models, including public private partnerships (PPPs). The organisation provides policy research and commentary around a number of key issues in Australia, including: * Road User Charging * Electricity networks * And other transport, utilities, social infrastructure and taxation reforms Infrastructure Partnerships Australia also publishes the Australian Infrastructure Metric in conjunction with BIS Shrapnel, a quarterly survey of construction work won.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/roads-spending-fills-gap-as-mining-recedes/story-e6frg8zx-1226974317818 Infrastructure Partnerships Australia's policy and research programme is informed by its organisation’s National Advisory Board, policy taskforces and research units looking at taxation and regulations bearing on infrastructure markets. The group’s Chairman is Sir Rod Eddington AO and Chief Executive is Adrian Dwyer. IPA's Patrons include founding Chairman

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, former NSW Liberal Premier

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, Macquarie Group's Nicholas Moore, former Sydney Water Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer

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, Transfield's

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and Adrian Kloeden.

References

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