Category: Roads

NSW may no longer be the only state in Australia to place a cap on local government rates, with NSW Premier Nathan Rees promising the removal of rate pegging at…

Following months of industrial action, the Queensland Government has finally signed a three-year wage agreement with more than 125,000 public servants that offers a 4.5 per cent pay rise in…

The Renewable Energy Atlas. In a move to make renewable energy a more viable and practical choice for the future, the Department of Environment has launched an online renewable energy…

Councils are going to have to shoulder the burden of the global financial crisis thanks to years of waste by former governments, former Victorian State Premier Jeff Kennett has told…

Acting Public Works Minister Judy Spence has announced eighteen per cent of the total electricity consumed by Queensland Government departments in 2007-08 came from renewable energy sources.  Ms Spence said…

Queensland’s Acting Premier Paul Lucas said the new traffic signal management technology was being piloted in Bundaberg to provide fire-fighters and ambulances with the safest and quickest route to get…

Public and industry comment is being sought on a discussion paper that outlines measures to increase the fuel efficiency of Australia’s car fleet. The Australian Transport Council and the Environment…

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will convene the inaugural meeting of the new Australian Council of Local Government (ACLG) in late November, inviting all mayors and shire presidents. The one-day meeting…

The recently released annual profile of Queensland local government has shown total annual revenues of $7.7 billion for the state’s councils. The profile, complied by the Local Government Association of…

NSW Premier Nathan Rees has finalised his new cabinet and revealed the allocation of portfolios. Barbara Perry is the new Minister for Local Government. The former Minister for Juvenile Justice…