We’re updating Victoria’s 30-year infrastructure strategy and regional Victoria is a key focus of our work. Over the past year, we’ve developed profiles for each of Victoria’s regions aimed at understanding their specific needs and strengths and will make recommendations in the strategy to address these.

The next stage in our work is to identify infrastructure initiatives that build on the comparative strengths of Victoria’s regions and address disadvantage.

Infrastructure Victoria called on stakeholders to make submissions on addressing regional disadvantage, comparative advantage or both.

Submissions closed on Friday 7 February 2020.

To get in touch with the team, please email enquiries@infrastructurevictoria.com.au.

Comparative advantage

Many of Victoria’s regions have significant economic strengths across a range of industries and we want to build on these strengths through good infrastructure investments. We have developed profiles of the comparative advantages between nine of our regions and developed an assessment framework to help prioritise investments.

Regional industry profiles

Assessment framework

Regional Infrastructure Assessment Framework Report

Addressing regional disadvantage

Parts of Victoria are experiencing clear and persistent disadvantage, and structural economic and demographic changes are exacerbating these challenges. We want to identify infrastructure that can improve access to services, increase social inclusion or improve economic outcomes to reduce disadvantage. We have developed fact sheets of regional disadvantage across our nine regional areas, and developed an assessment framework to help prioritise investments. For further context, you should also read our research paper outlining the role of infrastructure in addressing disadvantage.

Background paper

The role of Infrastructure in Addressing Regional Disadvantage

Regional disadvantage fact sheets

Assessment framework

Addressing Regional Disadvantage – Infrastructure Assessment Framework Report