The Queensland government is seeking to reduce emergency service response times by trialling new traffic light triggers that can detect the flashing lights and sirens of approaching vehicles and automatically switch signals to green to minimise traffic disruption.
Ambitious reforms to demystify “complicated” planning laws are being spruiked by the Campbell Newman government in a long-term bid to boost economic growth across the Sunshine State.
The New South Wales government has gone shopping for higher resolution surveillance cameras for its mass transit network to improve safety on trains, light rail, buses and ferries.
Hardball tactics and a paucity of detailed information is taking its psychological toll on public servants and the clients they are required to serve.
The public sector is being urged to look at innovative savings and benefits instead of restrictive paywalls for access to public data.
CPSU warns Commission of Audit, government of consequences of mass exodus.
The O’Farrell government has instigated a shake-up of its key back-office support body ServiceFirst by inviting the private sector to come up with a new model to reduce operating costs.
A federal government commitment to flood-proof Queensland’s Bruce Highway is being predictably hailed by the Campbell Newman government.
The local member for Leichhardt is siding with his community while rejecting neighbouring interlopers.
A new report by Local Government NSW has laid bare rampant cost-shifting which has forced councils to pick up a $521 mil tab in the 2011/2012 financial year.
