Imelda Mannion

Good morning, Joe.

Thanks for having me on.

It was a great achievement and a really positive launch yesterday.

I think it reflected two things, Jo.

Firstly, everyone now sees how serious the problem is.

We all know how long delivery timelines are now, that they've doubled over the past 20 years.

It's affecting housing so seriously.

It's affecting our energy security.

It's affecting our competitiveness.

But secondly, I think the actions in this plan are very grounded.

They very specifically address the barriers that came through when we ran the public and the stakeholder consultation earlier this year.

And those actions have come directly from

people who actually deliver infrastructure, you know, the utility bodies themselves, the regulators, local authorities and the private sector.

And I think when the work is that practical, there tends to be a lot of alignment.

So I think that's part of the reason that this plan has had such a kind of accelerated path through the approval process.

I'll actually maybe talk about the structure and the approach as much as what's as important in the points themselves.

You know, outside of the judicial review and the other kind of key legislative change that's proposed, there are many other actions that will look to make the system work differently day to day.

And I think that's really important.

for us to have a chance at success.

You know, the judicial reviews matter and they are getting much of the headline coverage, but they're not the whole story.