It's A Dirty Job (journal article)
By Ben Eltham
from New Matilda, 13 May 2009
"It's a good start that the Australian Government is at last systematically trying to identify the nation's infrastructure needs. But unless Infrastructure Australia develops a far more sophisticated understanding of global demographic, environmental and natural security trends, future projects seem doomed to the current orthodoxy of concrete pouring. Indeed, in spite of Wayne Swan's commendable effort to address the long-term demographic issues posed by Australia's ageing population, the Rudd Government's long-term planning horizons are still poorly researched and hazy. At least their view is slightly longer-term than the next election. "