Victoria’s government believes new infrastructure will help increase overseas export volumes, with a new report suggesting the Murray Basin Rail project as one potential example.
State agriculture minister
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Victorian Parliament creates new infrastructure body
Legislation has passed the Victorian Parliament creating the new entity Infrastructure Victoria.
Billed as an “independent body”, IV is expected to resemble the similarly-named Infrastructure Australia
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Portland boss high on Murray rail project
The Murray Basin Rail Project is making waves in the shipping industry, with the Port of Portland in south-western Victoria set to get a boost from the rail upgrade, which will allow it to handle larger
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Ongoing support for Hastings terminal
Proponents of a second Victorian container terminal on the Mornington Peninsula still have hope that their vision will one day become a reality.
But with the state Labor government eager to press ahead
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Productivity boss: Workplace system ‘not dysfunctional’
Productivity Commission chairman Peter Harris has struck a conciliatory tone in discussing workplace relations issues at a recent Melbourne lunch.
Harris spoke at a lunch organised by the Committee for
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Minister reinforces port privatisation plans
Victorian ports minister Luke Donnellan has dismissed fears the privatisation of the Port of Melbourne – crucial to funding the Level Crossing Removal Program – will rule out a second container port
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Pilbara railways set to stay busy despite slowdown
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has hinted that it has no plans to cut production in the Pilbara, despite low iron ore prices and much sound and fury from Australian politicians and smaller miners.
Iron
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