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MOVING NSW FORWARD A GREAT SUCCESS

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Rebuilding the Nation’s MOVING NSW FORWARD event was received with great success. The evening, hosted at Ernst and Young by Rebuilding the Nation, brought together key thinkers from both public and private infrastructure sectors to discuss transportation issues at both state and federal levels. Keynote speakers, NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Brad Hazzard, Executive [...]

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RailCorp to be privatised?

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The NSW government is making moves to split RailCorp in two. Transport Minister, Gladys Berejiklian, advised that NSW Trains will be set up for regional services, while Sydney Trains will service city commuters. As part of the sizable transport overhaul, 750 people in middle management will be offered voluntary redundancies. Said Minister Berejiklian: “I’m actually [...]

Urban

Who owns coal seam gas in New South Wales (and who can stop it being mined)?

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Samantha Hepburn, Associate Professor, School of Law at Deakin University looks at the debate surrounding the issue of mining coal seam gas on privately owned land. Earlier this week, Marrickville City Council in suburban Sydney blocked an attempt to mine coal seam gas on privately owned land in the inner-city area of St Peters. The [...]

Transport

Want safer cycling? Don’t dismiss dooring

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Marilyn Johnson, Research Fellow at Monash University investigates cycling safety. Every year, more Australians – particularly in cities – are riding to work. More cyclists means fewer cars on the road, less congestion, less pollution and fewer health problems. But every year more people are injured riding bikes, many of them following crashes with opened [...]

Finance, Government

Unpacking the 2012-13 Federal Budget

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Last week Treasurer Wayne Swan handed down the 2012-13 Federal Budget. The Budget spreads the benefits of the mining boom to help low and middle-income families and also launched the first stage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Improvements to dental services and aged care services were also announced. Among the Budget’s top priorities was [...]

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