Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 46:57 to 47:48
Overview of the department's role in Victorian project steering committees and independent gateway assurance processes.
Topics: Infrastructure, Procurement
Speakers: Lachlan Wood, Mr. Jim Betts, Hon Bridget McKenzie
>> Yeah. Um what assessment has the federal department done of procurement practices in the state of Victoria?
Well, we are on the steering committee for all of the projects uh where we are co-investing and those steering committees and other governance structures make decisions about the procurement pathways for each project.
And we're also involved in the gateway assurance processes um for the large projects in Victoria um where the Victorian government engages independent experts to review the progress of the project um and assess whether it's ready to move forward and we're part of well we're interviewed as co-funders by those experts and then we're provided with and review the gateway assurance reports.