COMMENT: Perth’s Roe 8 project illustrates all that is wrong with how we are planning and managing infrastructure in our cities, Peter Newman writes.
The Beeliar
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BHP expansion threatened by dust debate
A battle over dust levels in the Pilbara mining export town of Port Hedland could threaten BHP Billiton’s plans to expand annual iron ore export capacity at the site by 20 million tonnes.
BHP has an
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States don’t support Turnbull’s view for coal in future
State governments have voiced their concern over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s determination to continue Australia’s heavy reliance on coal in energy generation.
The Queensland and Victorian Governments
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AusRAIL Call for Papers: 40 days remain
Rail experts from around the region have until March 10 to submit abstracts for papers to be delivered at this year’s massive AusRAIL Plus event in Brisbane.
The Australasian Railway Association’s
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Plenty of life in Old King Coal
A new monthly coal export record was set in December at the Port of Newcastle, helping the port achieve an annual record for trade in the 2016 calendar year.
Newcastle handled just under 168 million tonnes
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IEA forecasts stall in global coal demand
The International Energy Agency has delivered a weaker outlook for coal over the next half-decade, with a growth in alternate fuels to drive down global demand.
The international body, whose 29 member
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Albo slams Turnbull’s ‘reinvented wheel’
Shadow minister Anthony Albanese says the Coalition’s plans to publish a report on major cities in 2017 is “simply reinventing the wheel” after the Coalition abolished the former Labor Government’s
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Local workers, regional headquarters for Adani
The Queensland Government says it has secured commitments from Indian energy giant Adani that the massive Carmichael coal mine and rail project will be built and operated by Australians.
Premier
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Adani gets approval for rail to port
The $21.7 billion Carmichael coal and rail project has secured its final major State and Federal Government approval, with an application for the project’s rail line into Abbot Point approved.
The
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Chester names Chair to guide Inland Rail through Queensland
A reference group and chair have been established to help the Australian Rail Track Corporation finalise the alignment of Inland Rail through Queensland.
Federal infrastructure and transport minister Darren
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