Submission: Economic Reform Roundtable

The Australian Logistics Council’s submission to Treasury outlines priority reforms to position logistics and end-to-end supply chains as a key national productivity and resilience driver. As part of the Productivity Roundtable process, ALC urges the immediate release and implementation of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, regulatory reforms to support a flexible 24-hour freight economy, modernisation of heavy vehicle licensing, and structural reforms to enable a modal shift to more sustainable freight modes such as rail and coastal shipping. This shift is essential to supporting Australia’s national transition to net zero emissions targets. The submission also identifies taxation settings, energy resilience, and freight data digitisation as critical enablers of productivity. With freight contributing 8.6% of GDP and facing rising demand and systemic risk exposure, ALC advocates for coordinated reform that treats supply chain logistics as sovereign economic infrastructure—essential to controlling inflation, strengthening economic security, and achieving long-term prosperity.