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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Work to begin on St Albans crossing removal
The consortium of Leighton Contractors, Aurecon and Hyder Consulting will begin works at the Main Road level crossing in St Albans, north-west of Melbourne, as part of a $481.2 million, four-crossing removal
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Cops nab public transport noon spitter
NSW Police have arrested a 55-year-old woman over five alleged offences across Sydney trains and buses in the last month.
Officers from Police Transport Command have charged a woman following a range of
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Strong response to ARTC’s women only Hunter recruitment
The Australian Rail Track Corporation has welcomed a strong response to its latest equality push, with more than 100 women turning up to an information session for its ‘women only’ employment drive.
The
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Alstom tipped as train provider in $3.6bn high speed program
A US senator has tabbed French multinational Alstom to provide train sets for a US$2.5 billion (A$3.56 billion) program for the next generation high-speed fleet for national passenger rail corporation
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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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Albanese proud he held ‘staggeringly bad’ Abbott accountable
Shadow transport minister Anthony Albanese has fired a warning shot at new prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, saying he’ll receive the same treatment as ousted Liberal leader Tony Abbott if he doesn’t
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Man dead, fires burn after truck and train collide
A man has died in a collision between a truck and a train at Narromine, near Dubbo in central New South Wales.
NSW Police early on Thursday morning confirmed the death of the driver of a truck which was
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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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Vandals caught leaving rocks on track by new technology
Covert, motion-detecting cameras being set up along the rail corridor in New South Wales have already led to the arrest of a trespasser in Chatswood, and a group of youths interfering with the track, in
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