Infrastructure Australia chief Philip Davies has lashed the government and big business for failing to tackle population planning, warning Australia's standard of living was being put at risk by policy short-sightedness.

In his last major address as the government's independent infrastructure advisor, Mr Davies will warn Australia's record-breaking 27-year run of economic growth has muzzled the reform agenda.

"The lack of a recession has made us complacent, this isn’t just a matter for Australia’s governments," Mr Davies will tell a Committee for Economic Development forum on Monday.

"We also don’t hear any strong voices from the business community as we did in the 90s in support of reform."

While the business community has been vocal in its support for company tax cuts, Mr Davies will urge them to do more to stabilise the energy market and map out a plan for a rapidly growing population, which is expected to add a city the size of Canberra each year for the next three decades.