By Ju Yeon Jung Australia should step up its climate change research and policy development in order to protect major infrastructure from erratic weather conditions, a recent study has argued. The report released by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and funded by the Australian Research Council, has evaluated impacts of climate […]
10 November, 2008
Infrastructure projects will be assessed for funding under new criteria on their ability to compete globally, to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve quality of life and expand productivity. “The Government is committed to implementing the single largest infrastructure program in the history of the Commonwealth,” Mr Rudd told business leaders in Brisbane. “The Government […]
8 October, 2008
The Department of Public Works’ Project Services has won three accolades at the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) Achievement Awards.. Project Services won the Regional Development Award for its role in the construction of Skilled Park at Robina, the home of the Gold Coast Titans NRL team. Queensland Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten said […]
17 September, 2008
Victoria's Maribyrnong City Council's Maddern Square Improvement Project was recently awarded the Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia Public Domain Award (Precincts) from a field of national projects. The biannual CCAA Public Domain Awards provide national recognition for designers, contractors, developers and asset owners who set new benchmarks in the use of concrete to enhance the public […]
7 June, 2007
A recently released NSW Department of Local Government position paper entitled Asset Management Planning for NSW Local Government, proposes a new asset management framework for NSW councils. The position paper draws on an Independent Inquiry into the Financial Sustainability of NSW Local Government (Allan Report) that found only 20 per cent of councils have sufficient […]
17 May, 2007
A NSW property development industry group is calling on Premier Morris Iemma to 'elevate' the portfolio of Local Government and merge it with Planning – to form a new Ministry of Urban and Regional Affairs. “We believe that the responsibility for the local government approvals process which accounts for more than 95 per cent (or 125,000) […]
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