Cities and built environment minister Jamie Briggs has defended the government’s policy shift on infrastructure funding, but has stopped short of labelling Tony Abbott’s road-first mentality an ideological
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Mining minister Frydenberg: Coal here to stay
WATCH: New minister for resources, energy and Northern Australia Josh Frydenberg has assuaged concerns that the new Turnbull Government could be bad for Australia’s coal sector in a TV interview with
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Coal facility built for expansion; but will it ever come?
ANALYSIS: Queensland’s newest coal rail and export terminal has a stage one capacity of 27 million tonnes a year, and is designed to expand to more than four times that. But with coal prices down, and
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Newman ‘delighted’ by cities minister appointment
Malcolm Turnbull’s move to appoint Jamie Briggs to the new role of minister for cities and built infrastructure has been welcomed by public transport advocate Peter Newman, and Greens MP Adam Bandt.
Newman,
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Metro tunnel construction impact surveys begin
The Melbourne Metro Rail Authority has launched a community engagement program for local residents who may be affected by the construction of the new underground rail network.
Letters have been sent to
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‘Coal is amazing’ campaign shredded on social media
A marketing campaign launched this week to promote the value of coal burning to the Australian public went down like a lead balloon on social media.
“Whichever way you look at it, this little black rock
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Media hammering light rail is short-term view of long-term benefit
COMMENT: When I was in high school, my parents renovated the family home, and I had to move into a smaller room for six months. Outrageous, I know.
I sulked about it and dragged my feet, no doubt causing
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Alstom to deliver 17 intercity trains to Algeria
Alstom, one of the four organisations shortlisted to deliver NSW’s next intercity fleet, has won a contract to deliver 17 of its Coradia Polyvalent intercity trains to Algeria’s Société Nationale
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The future of rail travel, and why it doesn’t look like Hyperloop
As the world’s population becomes increasingly urbanised, it is estimated that the number of journeys measured in passenger-kilometres will triple by 2050. Roads simply can’t absorb this increase,
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Rail bests road in Tasmania, study shows
A major TasRail study has suggested moving freight by rail rather than road will deliver an estimated $159 million in savings to the Tasmanian economy over the five years to 2019.
Freight rail saved the
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