Parkes Shire mayor Ken Keith has told how the shift towards intermodal hubs can benefit both containerised and agricultural freight.
Parkes is home to a National Logistics Hub (NLH) and makes much of the
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Government announces board of Infrastructure Victoria
Victoria’s government has announced the board of its new transport planning body, Infrastructure Victoria, with members selected from industry, academia and the public service.
It is expected the new
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Not quite busmageddon
See how Sydney commuters responded on social media to the bus route overhaul in preparation for the construction of the city’s new light rail network.
With a raft of new routes installed on
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Metro not ready for federal funding: Briggs
Cities minister Jamie Briggs says the Melbourne Metro won’t be “shovel ready” until 2018 or 2019, and until then it won’t be ready for funding from the Federal Government.
Speaking last week with
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Federal funding talks progress Gold Coast extension
Request for Tenders will open for Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 2 following positive funding discussions between Queensland transport minister Jackie Trad and federal infrastructure minister Warren Truss.
Stage
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Albanese insists Briggs hasn’t stolen his thunder
With new cities minister Jamie Briggs seemingly saying all the right things, Opposition minister Anthony Albanese has reminded the public: few things are achieved just by talking about them.
Albanese appeared
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Briggs defends ‘policy pivot’
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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40-foot, 20-foot, flexibility: Meet the Tworty Box
The Tworty Box is an award-winning hybrid freight container, designed to give freight operators the flexibility of choosing between a twenty-foot or forty-foot container, while owning just one type of
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Could the federal government finally ‘get’ cities?
COMMENT: For the first time, both major parties have a cities portfolio in their front bench team. With a few more changes, Jago Dodson writes, the government could create a structure
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Rail key to export volumes: Victoria
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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