New Sydney ferries to be built in Tasmania

  Sydney’s aging ferry fleet will receive a major update, with a contract for the building of six new catamaran ferries awarded to Tasmanian company Incat. The first new ferry is planned to enter service by the end of 2016, and all of them by the end of 2017. NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure […]

Sydney Ferries renaissance floated by Berejiklian

By Julian Bajkowski Indefatigable Minister for Transport in New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, has again defied conservative critics of the state’s struggling public transport infrastructure and announced a big boost to Sydney’s revered but loss-making ferry services to finally make them more useful to commuters. The NSW government has finally unveiled its long-expected 20-year plan […]

O’Farrell to privatise road maintenance

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government is planning to outsource the state’s $900 million a year road maintenance operations in a move that will send around 500 public sector jobs to private contractors. The government has confirmed that the Roads and Maritime Service (RMS) of NSW is now finalising  the […]

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