By Paul Hemsley Leichhardt, Marrickville and Ashfield Councils have taken on more direct involvement with the Inner West Light Rail Extension in Sydney. The NSW Government and Metro Transport Sydney…
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QLD road signs smarten up
Weather sensitive speed and warning signs have been installed along Kuranda Range Road, near Cairns. The Queensland Government’s $66 million Safer Roads Sooner Program funded the electronic ‘Vehicle Activated Signs’….
Sydney stretches its $8b rail links
By Paul Hemsley The City of Sydney has advanced its plan for the Green Square urban renewal project. Under the scheme, the Council will purchase vacant property in…
Rail and council on track
By Paul Hemsley Mayor Genia McCaffery said the project belongs to RailCorp, but her council will monitor and manage the surrounding roads to North Sydney railway station. “We…
Opinion: Managing information 2.0
By Phil Vasic regional director, Clearswift. In the web world today, councils and agencies are facing a bewildering challenge, on one hand, there’s the intensely fast move towards transparency,…
Changes demanded for NSW emergency funding model
Councils in the Eastern Riverina region of NSW have expressed their support for the Local Government and Shires Associations of New South Wales (LGSA) calls to discuss a review of…
City of Perth wins planning award
A City of Perth project that encouraged innovative solutions to planning issues was recognised by Planning Institute of Australia. Dubbed, 'What If – Ideas for the City of Perth’, the…
Sydney joins the great garage sale
The City of Sydney has joined an innovative project to curb waste to landfill. Lord Mayor Clover Moore announced on Tuesday that the City of Sydney would join the national Garage Sale…
CSA unveils scholarship recipients
Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) announced on Thursday the winners of its inaugural public sector scholarship valued at $12,325. The peak professional body developed the national scholarship award to recognise the…
Looking beyond electric vehicles
OPINION By Doug Harland Current transport paradigms are no longer affordable or sustainable. Electrification of our urban transport system is urgently required, but we need to think beyond electric cars….