The Palaszczuk Government has appointed a taskforce of eight public transport experts to conduct a comprehensive review of TransLink’s fare structure in South East Queensland.
Queensland deputy premier
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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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Broadmeadow to get access upgrade
A tender for the major upgrade of Broadmeadow railway station has been released by NSW parliamentary secretary for the Hunter Scot MacDonald.
MacDonald released the tender last week, as part of the NSW
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Train strike called off, tram strike still planned
A planned four-hour stop-work for Metro Trains workers this Friday has been postponed, with the Rail Tram & Bus Union expecting an “improved offer” from the employer. Strike action by Yarra Trams
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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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Andrews backs Murray Basin project
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has called for the Federal Government to support the Murray Basin Rail Project, after the state government announced it would put $220 million towards it on Monday.
The
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Competition boss puts target on unions’ backs
Unions shouldn’t be able to decide who operates in a market with illegal price-fixing tactics, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has said.
The ACCC has stepped-up its
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Rail Safety Week: Teenager ‘thought nothing could hurt him’ before disaster struck
VIDEO: Queensland Rail has released a pair of confronting videos telling the public that ‘Railways are not playgrounds’.
Part of the TrackSAFE Foundation’s Rail Safety Week, the campaign features
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Rail Safety Week: Transperth responds to 5 incidents, 33 near misses in FY15
The WA Government has launched a campaign this week telling passengers, “We’d rather pick up your phone than what’s left of you”.
The campaign, which is launched during the Australia and New Zealand-wide
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Rail Safety Week: Public’s perception of the railway needs to change
COMMENT: The elderly gentleman was using the rail corridor as a short cut when he slipped and fell, as a 4000-tonne freight train was coming around the corner, John Fullerton writes.
Fortunately
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