Don’t be seduced by dirty talk on debt, governments warned
Experts and engineers urge for more a mature discussion of how public borrowings for infrastructure can clear project backlogs and revitalise communities.
24 February, 2014
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Clean, green urban space not just a walk in the park
Governments are looking into each other’s backyards for lessons on how to keep community spaces in top shape reports Paul Hemsley. It’s all too easy for ratepayers to forget that councils do much more than more than “rates, roads and rubbish” especially with large tracts of publicly owned land to manage in the form of […]
3 September, 2013
Council control over truckies delayed
By Julian Bajkowski A misbehaving software system has unexpectedly put the brakes on the launch of Australia’s first National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) by at least a month after the board of the so-called trucky’s watchdog revealed it still needs more time to get its technology together. The NHVR system had been supposed to start […]
3 September, 2013
Campaign for Infrastructure SA
By Rob O'Brien Local government is continuing to lobby candidates ahead of the state election next month with infrastructure at the centre of its demands for more collaboration between the two tiers of government. Part of the local government campaign, which has to date included four blueprint documents, titled Quality Neighbourhoods, Growing Opportunity, Green Living […]
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