National Freight Data Hub Options Discussion Paper Response Submission

The Data Hub is an important initiative, but we are concerned that it is at risk of being just another disconnected initiative relating to Australia’s domestic and international supply chains. While
acknowledgment was given to the range of other initiatives underway, (for example the Single Window concept development, the Inter-Governmental Ledger with Singapore and various requirements and efforts on data sharing and streamlining for international trade) there was a strong sense that the hub would progress in isolation in any case due to the portfolio interest and project leadership of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.