Canberra launches major tourism push to diversify economy

Budget money for big events, public transport.

9 June, 2016

Australian Bureau of Statistics says Aussie men living longer

Life expectancy breaks octogenarian barrier for the first time

6 November, 2014

Light rail project would boost Canberra’s employment says Ernst & Young

Canberra may be facing big public service job cuts, but a new independent report from Ernst & Young points to the potential of light rail to generate new jobs – at least while it’s being built.

2 June, 2014

Canberra seeks industry know-how for light rail procurement

By Paul Hemsley Canberra’s long awaited light rail project is gaining momentum as the Capital Metro Agency has commenced a search for technical advisers to guide the project towards its procurement phase in 2015. These technical advisers will be expected to have expertise in transport planning, engineering design, light rail operations, environmental assessment, urban design, […]

17 December, 2013

Canberra light rail momentum gains as Melbourne gets new Jumbo Tram

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Australia’s metropolitan revival of light rail and tramways is showing no sign of slowing down soon. As the nation’s capital, Canberra, finally makes tentative progress towards installing one of the tramways conspicuously drawn into the designer city’s original masterplan by Walter Burley Griffin a century ago, Melbourne this week […]

8 November, 2013

Fear of mass public service sackings grips Canberra campaign

By Julian Bajkowski Canberra may well be celebrating its Centenary this year, but locals are weighing the prospect of the public service designer city being partly depopulated. As the election looms, the threat of bulk federal redundancies under a Coalition government has again increased in value as prime political currency among voters there. Senator for […]

30 July, 2013

Outermost Canberra suburb plugs into NBN

By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy’s race to plug-in as many towns as possible to the National Broadband Network (NBN) before the election has continued unabashed, with newbie Canberra satellite city of Gungahlin the latest to see the fibre optic light. Gungahlin is among the earliest suburbs […]

4 February, 2013

Planners want electrified cycleways

By Julian Bajkowski  The Planning Institute of Australia has a taken red pen to the ACT Government’s ‘Draft Strategic Cycle Network Plan,’ marking down the strategy as “fundamentally flawed” and arguing that cycleways need to be opened-up to other modes of alternative transport. The planning body’s Capital chapter is urging further consideration be given to […]

11 December, 2012