Australia’s national freight supply chain strategy
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has committed the Australian Government to developing a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy in the 2016 Annual Infrastructure Statement to Parliament. In that speech he also committed the Government to building the inland rail from Melbourne to Brisbane.
Unlocking the agricultural and mining potential of Australia’s inland is a perennial commercial theme. One of the modern solutions is the long-touted inland railway between Melbourne and Brisbane. A project of this size could be equivalent to the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme that generated so much economic growth for Australia in the mid-20th Century.
The Government will be undertaking a project to map nationally significant supply chains as part of a project to develop a National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. This project will give greater understanding of where product is moving and how it’s being moved.
Michael Kilgariff will discuss inland rail and the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy.
Michael is CEO and Managing Director of the Australian Logistics Council. He holds a degree in Economics from the Australian National University and is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses.
Michael has a diverse background and leadership experience in industry, industry associations and government, at the national and state/territory level.