36. Support improved infrastructure planning and decision-making by:
- establishing an appropriate mechanism to embed and communicate the required use of the Strategic Asset Management Framework, including the requirement for all state agencies and government trading enterprises to comply
- ensuring that all business case decision-making is considered by the Expenditure Review Committee of State Cabinet, and that all business cases contain the full range of content, relevant to their project value, as required by the Strategic Asset Management Framework
- providing a centralised fund to support development of prioritised business cases, with an increased emphasis on building public sector capacity in state agencies and centralised expert units
- updating the Strategic Asset Management Framework’s Business Case Guidelines to require consideration of interrelated infrastructure needs beyond the primary investment with other state agencies and government trading enterprises, along with the full costs and benefits, through early engagement and integrated business cases
- requiring a benefits management plan to be completed and ensuring Infrastructure WA undertakes a post-completion review for all projects and programs that are required to undergo Major Infrastructure Proposal Assessment
- updating the Strategic Asset Management Framework’s Strategic Asset Plan and Business Case guidelines to strengthen requirements for state agencies and government trading enterprises to demonstrate consideration of this Strategy and other relevant strategic planning documents and how they have informed the development of all related strategic asset plan and business case content
- ensuring strategic asset plans are at the centre of a robust and transparent annual process, involving:
- systematic analysis of all strategic asset plans on an individual and amalgamated basis by Department of Treasury and IWA
- undertaking analysis and preparing content to inform the annual 10-year state infrastructure program
- engagement by the Department of Treasury with all strategic asset plan–producing state agencies and government trading enterprises to provide feedback to assist in ongoing improvement.
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 36 (a,b,d,f,g) is fully supported; (e) is partially supported; (c) is not supported. For further information please refer to the response document.
Actions:
36.52 Investigate the merits of all projects and programs that must undergo Major Infrastructure Proposal Assessment (MIPA) being required to have a benefits management plan, and an IWA-led post-completion review
36.53 Continue to explore how strategic asset plans (SAP) could be better integrated into business planning and decision-making processes; engage with public sector agencies to support SAP quality improvements, and boost the capabilities within agencies to prepare the SAPs
1/2 actions on schedule
1/2 actions complete
36.52 On schedule
A draft paper has been prepared by Infrastructure WA and distributed to relevant agencies. Further consultation on implementation is required prior to finalisation.
36.53 Complete
Treasury and Infrastructure WA monitor SAPs submitted as part of state budget submissions, providing combined improvement feedback where required.