Category: Rail

The Queensland parliament has passed laws making both local councils and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responsible for monitoring and remedying pollution. Under the environment amendment bill, councils will manage…

About 5,000 members from the Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU) and many other unions met today to oppose the Premier’s 3.25 per cent wages offer for hospital workers and other…

Deputy NSW Premier and Transport Minister John Watkins has resigned after 13 years in the state politics, prompting a cabinet reshuffle. Mr Watkins said the decision came to regain the…

By Angela Dorizas Morris Iemma has oficially resigned as NSW Premier after being ousted by party room colleagues. Mr Iemma was forced to resign when his Right faction colleagues refused to back…

The Productivity Commission has released its latest scorecard on the financial performance of 86 government trading enterprises (GTEs). The report also examines the impact on capital management of inadequate compensation…

A plastic bag levy scheme is to be piloted in Victoria, aiming to develop a national approach to reducing plastic bag use. Environment minister Gavin Jennings said the Government and…

Acute labour shortages are likely to hit Australia’s rail industry hard, with 40 per cent of the current rail workforce to be replaced within the next five years, a study has found. The…

Councils will be able to apply for federal assistance to improve their bushfire trails following the announcement of $5 million in funding under the Bushfire Mitigation Program (BMP). The Federal…

The City of Melbourne has welcomed recommendations to improve the link between Melbourne’s eastern and western suburbs, part of the Brumby Government’s strategy to ease Melbourne’s road congestion. In the…

If you arrived at this site in the hope of keeping track of the 2007 Australian Federal Election, fear not, we have compiled an extensive but by no means definitive…