National Freight & Supply Chain Strategy

To position Australia to meet its emerging freight and supply chain challenges, Commonwealth, state and territory infrastructure and transport ministers endorsed the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy (Strategy) and National Action Plan (Action Plan) in August 2019. The Strategy and Action Plan set an agenda for integrated national action across all freight modes. The Strategy and Action Plan can be found at www.freightaustralia.gov.au.

Refreshed Strategy and 2025-29 National Action Plan

Australia’s freight and supply chain sector look very different today than when the Strategy was first released. Since 2019, the sector has faced major challenges including a global pandemic, extreme weather events, skills shortages and more. 

Following a Review conducted in 2023-24 (see www.freightaustralia.gov.au for report), the Department worked in consultation with governments and industry to refresh the Strategy to ensure it remains fit for purpose. The new Strategy and 2025-29 National Action Plan can be found at www.freightaustralia.gov.au.

Developed by all Australian governments with extensive input from industry, the Strategy commits to national action in four priority areas:

  • Productivity
  • Resilience
  • Decarbonisation
  • Data

The 2025-29 National Action Plan has been informed by priorities identified through the Review across all transport modes. Governments and industry will actively collaborate to implement 14 nationally significant actions and achieve the goals outlined in the Strategy.

Freight data

The Commonwealth has committed to establishing a National Freight Data Hub, including arrangements for data collection, protection, dissemination and hosting. See the National Freight Data Hub page for the latest information.

To inform the development of the National Freight Data Hub, the Australian Government commissioned the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre to review the freight data needs for industry and government, and how better data could improve operational and planning decision-making in the freight sector. The iMOVE report can be found below.