City of Sydney demands Trigeneration rules be relaxed

By Julian Bajkowski The City of Sydney is again ramping up its promotion of trigeneration as a viable alternative means of producing energy in the heart of the city. Having parked a wider electricity overhaul critics claimed would cost up to $5 billion, the CBD council is now pushing the New South Wales Parliament to […]

Contention over muzzling government employee Tweets

By Charles Power* Social media is good for business.  However when the business of an organisation is the development of government policy, the use of Twitter, Facebook and other platforms by public servants can create problems. This was certainly the experience of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration who discovered an officer using the Twitter handle’ […]

WA rolls out extra trains

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Transport Minister Troy Buswell has ratcheted up investment in Perth’s increasingly popular railway network to absorb the growth in passenger patronage on state capital’s trains mitigate overcrowding ahead of a looming election. Mr Buswell has ordered the Public Transport Authority (PTA) to increase the number of trains the state government […]

Range of energy sources expanded for WA

Speaking at the 11th Energy in Western Australia conference in Perth, Mr Collier launched Synergy’s Powering WA’s Future initiative.   The corporation is seeking expressions of interest from new and existing market participants to provide in excess of 1,000 megawatts of renewable and non-renewable generation to 2020.   “WA is facing unprecedented change in its […]

OPINION: The Republic of Australia and New Zealand

By Rodney Crisp Amalgamation of our two countries is now approaching the final stages.  The remaining barriers to a complete union are predominately societal: two currencies, two national social security regimes, two national parliamentary systems and administrations.  Even our social security organisations have been obliged to make reciprocal arrangements to follow our increasingly integrated populations.  […]

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