Federal urban infrastructure minister Paul Fletcher has spoken at the Australian Transport Summit, laying out the Turnbull government’s vision for public transport development in the country’s major
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EIS released for Parkes-Narromine section of Inland Rail
The first Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Inland Rail project has been released, giving members of the public a more detailed look at the project details for the construction and operation
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Freight derailment could have been prevented, report says
The derailment of a KiwiRail freight train in 2013 could have been avoided if the required brake test had been performed, an accident report has found.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)
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Trad lashes out over Cross River Rail snub
Queensland’s deputy premier and transport minister Jackie Trad has accused Infrastructure Australia and the Turnbull government of playing “political games” after the Cross River Rail
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‘Issues’ with Cross River Rail business case, says Turnbull
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called the federal government’s lack of funding commitment to the Cross River Rail project “extremely disappointing”, after a meeting with
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Conflict continues over Vic rail funding
The dispute over the allocation of federal budget funds to Victoria’s rail infrastructure projects heated up this week with the bitter war of words continuing between Labor and Liberal figures at
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Questions remain over NGR roll-out date
The company building Queensland’s new train fleet has promised that the first vehicles will be servicing the state’s passengers in the near future, with the reported design issues having been
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Adani rail money continues to divide opinion
Dispute over the federal government’s mooted plan to help fund the Adani mine project is heating up.
In an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, Jonathan van Rooyen, general
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