If you’re concerned with the amount of time stuck in traffic each day – things are only getting worse. I don’t need to tell this to the millions of Australians trying to get to work each day on congested urban roads and crowded public transport. While those Australians who live in our regions and outer

Infrastructure Australia’s third national infrastructure audit confirms the need for the Morrison Government to produce a real plan for infrastructure to protect jobs, curb rising congestion and stimulate the economy. Labor welcomes the extensive piece of work by Infrastructure Australia that includes a broad review of economic and social infrastructure and confirms the need for

In another wake up call for Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on road safety, his own Department authored a report critical of the lack of Commonwealth leadership to drive down road trauma. The key finding of the Review of National Road Safety Governance was that the Commonwealth “has not provided strong leadership, coordination or advocacy

In a further blow to Scott Morrison’s repeated refusals to fast track infrastructure investment, the Reserve Bank Governor today flagged that such decisions comes down to our aspiration as a nation. Repeating comments made earlier in the year, the Governor told the House Standing Committee on Economics that infrastructure investment is a key policy lever

Sydney and Melbourne are set to hit megacity status by 2056 leading to a doubling in the outer suburban population and a 60 percent blowout in commute times. Analysis in the Regional Australia Institute’s Regional Population Growth – Are We Ready? report released today finds that a business as usual approach will lead to increased

The OneSky Project is becoming another complete failure of this Liberal National Government, with an ANAO report confirming costs have more than doubled and delivery is due ten years late. What has this Liberal National Government been doing for the past six years to oversee such a large a blow out in delivery time and

After six years of inaction, the third term Morrison Government has been given a wake-up call on Road Safety. New data released today by the Australian Automobile Association found Australia’s road toll is higher today than it was four years ago. Eight years into the 10 year National Road Safety Strategy, the AAA analysis found

Australians are spending on average 4.5 hours a week getting to and from work — a rise of 23 per cent since 2002. The data revealed in the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, shows that average weekly travel times to and from work rose from 3.7 hours to 4.5 hours.

Today in Question Time, the Government confirmed its so-called $100 billion infrastructure pipeline is nothing but a pipedream, with little work to start on five projects in the next four years. The Minister for Infrastructure today refused to bring forward funding for five infrastructure projects across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Labor MPs asked the

The Federal Government should work with states to stimulate the economy by delivering hundreds of infrastructure projects that it has funded but not completed. Since taking office the Government has invested more than $5 billion less on rail and road projects than it has announced in its annual Budgets. They include $100 million worth of